Trade Legalism and International Relations Theory: An Analysis of the World Trade Organization

Правовой формализм в торговле и теория международных отношений: анализ Всемирной торговой организации
G. Richard Shell
1995-03-01

International relations theoryInternational trade lawRule-oriented legal processesTrade legalismWorld Trade Organization
ECONOMIC LAW xli-xlii (1991) (discussing need for a "paradigm shift" in international trade law from "coexistence" to "integration" among states through the use of "rule-oriented" legal processes).20. John H. Jackson, The Crumbling Institutions of the Liberal Trade System, 12 J.WORLD TRADE 93, 98 (1978).21.This Article owes a particular debt to the work of Kenneth Abbott and Ann-Marie Slaughter Burley (formerly Ann-Marie Burley) for rendering
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It identifies rule-oriented legal processes as a mechanism for promoting integration among states within the liberal trade system.
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The analysis acknowledges foundational contributions from Kenneth Abbott and Ann-Marie Slaughter Burley to theorizing international legal institutions.
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The excerpt emphasizes a paradigm shift in international trade law from state coexistence toward deeper integration.
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The passage highlights concerns about the institutional fragility or “crumbling” of the liberal trade system.

World Trade Organization (WTO)

The relationship between trade legalism and international relations theory, including the WTO’s rule-oriented legal processes and the shift from coexistence to integration among states

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