An Introduction to WTO Jurisprudence

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Description
The book in the reader's hands says nothing new or special. It retells the story of World Trade Organization (WTO) law, which is an aspect of international relations. But every narrator develops her own style of communication. I have retold WTO law as it exists today in my own way. As an introductory textbook, it is aimed for the table of the under- graduate and postgraduate law students. The purpose is to introduce a learner to WTO jurisprudence. The book may also be helpful to teachers as a quick reference guide. I have stated that the book retells the story of WTO law. This is because I have writ- ten the book not from a lawyer's but from a teacher's perspective. A lawyer would comprehensively discuss the interpretation of the different provisions of a law. A teacher, on the other hand, gives a holistic picture of the subject. A teacher aims at the following: First, to provide a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the subject and the basic concepts involved. This may not involve narration of all facts, provisions, and cases. In the process, the teacher, through experience, learns to emphasize certain important aspects and weed out many confusing and irrelevant details. This is not to say that those details are irrelevant. They are left for further reading, once the students are equipped with an understanding of the basic concepts and issues. ......................................................................................................................................

Table of Contents
Part I : Theoretical and Organizational Background
Chapter 1 : Theoretical and Historical Background
Chapter 2 : The Structure of the World Trade Organization
Part II : Rules on Trade in Goods : The Three Pillars
Chapter 3 : First Pillar : Market Access
Chapter 4 : Second Pillar : Nondiscrimination : National Treatment and Most-Favored-Nation Treatment
Chapter 5 : Third pillar : Trade Facilitation
Part III : Exceptions to Rules on Trade Goods and Regulation of Nontariff Barriers
Chapter 6 : Policy-Based Exceptions
Chapter 7 : Exceptions to Protect Particular Industries
Chapter 8 : Regulation of Nontariff : Barriers Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and
                      Technical Barriers to Trade
Chapter 9 : Agreement of agriculture
Part IV : Expanding Horizons of Trade Organisation
Chapter 10 : General Agreement on Trade in Services
Chapter 11 : Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 12 : WTO and Interface with Nontrade Economic and Social
Index 
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Author Details
DR. SHEELA RAI, is a Professor of Law at the National Law University Odisha. She has been teaching International Trade Law to LL.B. and LL.M. students since 2004. She is also the author of Recognition and Regulation of Antidumping Measures under GATT/WTO, Recognition and Regulation of Safeguard Measures under GATT/ WTO, Antidumping Measures: Policy, Law and Practice in India and Trade Facilitation and the WTO. Dr. Rai has also published articles in Indian and international journals.