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Judicial Lawmaking at the WTO: Discursive, Constitutional, and Political Constraints

UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 04-9

Posted: 16 Jun 2004

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Richard H. Steinberg

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law

Abstract

Judicial lawmaking in the WTO is marked by elastic interpretive discourse and constitutional rules that do not serve as a meaningful restraint. Politics, however, constrains both discursive and constitutional latitude, which should alleviate concerns that WTO judicial lawmaking is so expansive as to undermine the sovereignty of powerful states, create a serious democratic deficit for their citizens, or catalyze withdrawal of their support for the organization.

Keywords: lawmaking, WTO, activism, judicial activism

Suggested Citation

Steinberg, Richard H., Judicial Lawmaking at the WTO: Discursive, Constitutional, and Political Constraints. UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 04-9, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=556810

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