Joel P. Trachtman

Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Professor of International Law

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1.

The Tools of Argument: How the Best Lawyers Think, Argue, and Win

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 30 Jul 2013
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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argument, rhetoric, practice, interpretation, legal analysis

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The Obsolescence of Customary International Law

Number of pages: 116 Posted: 16 Nov 2014
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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international law, customary international law, treaty

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The Domain of WTO Dispute Resolution

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 Feb 1999
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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A Functional Approach to Global Constitutionalism

RULING THE WORLD? CONSTITUTIONALISM, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE, Cambridge University Press, 2009, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 08-57, Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2009-11
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2010
Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Joel P. Trachtman
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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international law, constitutional law, international constitutional law, international constitutionalization

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Lessons for Gats Article Vi from the Sps, Tbt and GATT Treatment of Domestic Regulation

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Feb 2002
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Trade, services, SPS, TBT, GATT, WTO, Standards

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Economic Analysis of International Law: An Invitation and a Caveat

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Apr 1998
Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Joel P. Trachtman
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Global Cyberterrorism, Jurisdiction, and International Organization

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Jul 2004
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Cybersecurity, international organization, international law, terrorism, cyberterrorism

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Regulatory Competition and Regulatory Jurisdiction in International Securities Regulation

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Jan 2000
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Handbook of International Economics Law Chapter on International Trade: Regionalism

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Feb 2006
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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international trade, regionalism, free trade agreements, customs unions

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Economic Analysis of Prescriptive Jurisdiction and Choice of Law

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 20 Mar 2001
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Jurisdiction, prescriptive jurisdiction, choice of law, conflict of laws, extraterritoriality, regulatory jurisdiction, regulatory competition

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Interpretation and Institutional Choice at the WTO

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Interpretation and Institutional Choice at the WTO

Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 52, p. 1, 2011, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-14
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 23 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2011
Gregory Shaffer and Joel P. Trachtman
Georgetown University Law Center and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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WTO, International Economic Law, International Law, comparative institutional analysis, treaty design, interpretation, welfare effects, participatory effects

Interpretation and Institutional Choice at the WTO

Oñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2011
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Nov 2011
Gregory Shaffer and Joel P. Trachtman
Georgetown University Law Center and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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WTO, World Trade Organization, international trade, judicial interpretation, comparative institutional analysis

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The WTO and Development Policy in China and India

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Aug 2006
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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WTO, trade, development, regulation, industrial policy

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Cyberspace, Modernism, Jurisdiction and Sovereignty

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1998).
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 May 1998
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Power to Terminate U.S. Trade Agreements: The Presidential Dormant Commerce Clause versus an Historical Gloss Half Empty

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2017
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Trade Agreements, Foreign Relations Law, Commerce Clause, Treaty Termination, Presidential Power

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Building the WTO Cathedral

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Oct 2005
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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WTO, trade, retaliation, remedies, efficient breach

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Fragmentation and Coherence in International Law

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Aug 2011
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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international law, fragmentation, trade, jurisdiction, subsidiarity

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WTO Law Constraints on Border Tax Adjustment and Tax Credit Mechanisms to Reduce the Competitive Effects of Carbon Taxes

Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 16-03
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Feb 2016
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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World Trade Organization, carbon tax, border tax adjustment

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The Customary International Law Supergame: Order and Law

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 28 Feb 2004
George Norman and Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - Department of Economics and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Customary international law, international law, prisoner's dilemma, custom, social norms, multi-market contact

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Toward Open Recognition? Standardization and Regional Integration Under Article Xxiv of GATT

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Jul 2002
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Trade, regional trade agreements, regional integration, standards

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The Anti-Globalization Paradox

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Mar 2012
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Development Aspects of a Trans-Pacific Partnership

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Nov 2011
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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international trade, regionalism, free trade areas, development

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Brazil - Measures Affecting Imports of Retreaded Tyres: A Balancing Act

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 14 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2010
Chad P. Bown and Joel P. Trachtman
Peterson Institute for International Economics and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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trade, WTO, environment, gatt

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International Law and Domestic Political Coalitions: The Grand Theory of Compliance with International Law

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 07 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2016
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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International Law, Compliance, Public choice, Lobbying, Retaliation, Two-Level Games, Second Image Reversed, Liberal Theory

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Trade And...Problems, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Subsidiarity

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Trade And...Problems, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Subsidiarity

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 13 Jun 1997
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Trade And...Problems, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Subsidiarity

European Journal of International Law, 1997
Posted: 21 Jul 1997
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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The International Law of Financial Crisis: Spillovers, Subsidiarity, Fragmentation, and Cooperation

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2010
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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financial regulation, financial crisis, bank regulation, securities regulation, international law, regulatory competition, regulatory jurisdiction

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Measuring the Shadow of the Future: An Introduction to the Game Theory of Customary International Law

U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2007-20, University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Jul 2007
George Norman and Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - Department of Economics and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Challenge to Trade and Investment: Trust and Verify?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 May 2019
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Cybersecurity, Trade, WTO, IoT, Hacking, Huawei

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Introduction: The Crisis in International Law

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2011
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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international law, sovereignty, functionalism, international organization

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The Role of International Law in Economic Migration

Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) Inaugural Conference 2008 Paper
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 30 Jun 2008
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Economic migration, Migration, International legal agreements, International law, International economic migration, International trade, Liberalization of migration, International legal commitments

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Embedding Mutual Recognition at the WTO

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Aug 2006
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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WTO, trade, harmonization, regionalism, mutual recognition

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International Law and Domestic Political Coalitions: The Causes of Compliance with International Law

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Aug 2009
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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international law, compliance, domestic politics

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Transcending Trade and . . . An Institutional Perspective

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 May 2001
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Functionalism, Fragmentation, and the Future of International (Trade) Law

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Oct 2018
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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trade, WTO, fragmentation, functionalism, Hudec

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The WTO Constitution: Toward Tertiary Rules for Intertwined Elephants

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Oct 2005
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Trade, international law, constitutional law

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International Legal Control of Domestic Administrative Action

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2014
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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global administrative law, WTO, international law, international trade law, administrative law

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Political Economy of International Law: Towards a Holistic Model of State Behavior

Alberta Fabricotti (ed.), Political Economy of International Law: A European Perspective, Edward Elgar, 2016, Forthcoming, U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2015-08
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 24 Jul 2015
Anne van Aaken, Anne van Aaken and Joel P. Trachtman
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective GoodsUniversity of Hamburg, Law School and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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State behavior, economic analysis of law, political economy, international law

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Constitutional Economics of the WTO

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 21 Aug 2008
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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WTO, Trade, Constitutional Economics, Constitutions

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Who Cares About International Human Rights? The Supply and Demand of International Human Rights Law

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 31 Oct 2011
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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The Economic Structure of the Law of International Organizations

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Jan 2014
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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international organizations, international law, economic analysis of law, functionalism, legislation, adjudication, enforcement

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Canada-Wheat: Discrimination, Non-Commercial Considerations, and State Trading Enterprises

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4337
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Joel P. Trachtman, Bernard Hoekman and Bernard Hoekman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced StudiesEuropean University Institute - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS)
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Trade Law, Markets and Market Access, Economic Theory & Research, Access to Markets, Access to Finance

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Integrating Lawfare and Warfare

Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2016
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Apr 2017
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Lawfare, Laws of Armed Conflict, Strategy, Propaganda

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U.S.-Chinese Trade: Interface and Lawfare

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2017/11
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 May 2017
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Trade, China, WTO, Dispute Settlement

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China-Rare Earths: Export Restrictions and the Limits of Textual Interpretation

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China-Rare Earths: Export Restrictions and the Limits of Textual Interpretation

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2016
Eric W. Bond and Joel P. Trachtman
Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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China–Rare Earths: Export Restrictions and the Limits of Textual Interpretation

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2015/66
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Sep 2015
Eric W. Bond and Joel P. Trachtman
Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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WTO Article XX, Dispute Settlement

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Platforms and Global Governance: Globalization on Steroids

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 Jun 2022
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Global Sustainable Development and Trade Agreements: Toward a Green Bargain

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 21 Nov 2022
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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trade, sustainability, fragmentation, linkage, sustainable development, embedded liberalism

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EU — Fatty Alcohols (Indonesia): Corporate Structure, Transfer Pricing, and Dumping

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2018/57
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 06 Dec 2018
Shushanik Hakobyan and Joel P. Trachtman
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
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Dumping, transfer pricing, dispute settlement, WTO, EU

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The Political Economy of International Law. A European Perspective

The Political Economy of International Law. A European Perspective, by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2016
Posted: 10 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2017
Alberta Fabbricotti, Eyal Benvenisti, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Barbara Delcourt, Evisa Kica, Ulyana Kohut, Tobias A. Lehmann, Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Marion Panizzon, Panos Merkouris, Andre Nollkaemper, Niels Petersen, Paul B. Stephan, Joel P. Trachtman, Anne van Aaken, Anne van Aaken, Daniela Vitiello, Andreas von Staden, Ramses A. Wessel and Jan Wouters
Sapienza University of Rome, University of Cambridge - Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Geneva - Faculty of Law - Department of Public International Law, Independent, Independent, Independent, University of St. Gallen - LS: School of Law, Students, University at Buffalo Law School, World Trade Institute, University of Groningen - Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Muenster – Faculty of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective GoodsUniversity of Hamburg, Law School, Independent, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, University of Groningen - Faculty of Law and KU Leuven - Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies

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Incomplete Harmonization Contracts in International Economic Law: Report of the Panel, China - Measures Affecting the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, Wt/Ds362/R, Adopted 20 March 2009

Posted: 25 Sep 2010
Kamal Saggi and Joel P. Trachtman
Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Department of Economics and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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Trade, Intellectual Property, Harmonization, Incomplete Contracts, Nullification Or Impairment, TRIPS

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Regulatory Jurisdiction and the WTO

Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp. 631-651, 2007
Posted: 27 Jun 2008
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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Decisions of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization

European Journal of International Law, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 853-854, 2004
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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The Constitutions of the Wto

European Journal of International Law, Vol. 17, Issue 3, pp. 623-646, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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Regulatory Competition and Regulatory Jurisdiction

Posted: 29 Jun 2000
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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Economic Analysis of International Law

Yale Journal of International Law, Winter 1999
Posted: 02 Jun 1999
Joel P. Trachtman and Jeffrey L. Dunoff
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law

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Externalities and Extraterritoriality: The Law and Economics of Prescriptive Jurisdiction

Posted: 20 Jan 1998
Joel P. Trachtman
Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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