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Juridical Substance Or Myth Over Balance-Of-Payment: Developing Countries And The Role Of The International Monetary Fund In The World Trade Organization, Ugochukwu Chima Ukpabi
Juridical Substance Or Myth Over Balance-Of-Payment: Developing Countries And The Role Of The International Monetary Fund In The World Trade Organization, Ugochukwu Chima Ukpabi
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Note attempts to chart the division of labor in respect of balance-of-payment between the Fund and the WTO. More importantly, it reflects on how the intertwined relationship between the Fund and the WTO over balance-of-payment might impact on developing countries in the unfolding architecture of trade.
Responsibility Of International Organizations: The Accountability Mechanisms Of Multilateral Development Banks, Eisuke Suzuki, Suresh Nanwani
Responsibility Of International Organizations: The Accountability Mechanisms Of Multilateral Development Banks, Eisuke Suzuki, Suresh Nanwani
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Article will focus on the development of access for third parties, particularly private individuals, to lodge claims against MDBs for noncompliance with their policies and procedures.
Balancing Judicial Economy, State Opportunism, And Due Process Concerns In The Wto, Ana Frischtak
Balancing Judicial Economy, State Opportunism, And Due Process Concerns In The Wto, Ana Frischtak
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Note will focus on an aspect of the dispute settlement proceeding that has not been officially proposed for reform: the withdrawal of and amendments to measures being challenged by a complaining Member during the course of the proceedings. This aspect raises issues of judicial economy, state opportunism, and due process. In particular, this practice, where the respondent country to a dispute withdraws or amends the measure being challenged during the course of proceedings, threatens to undermine the legitimacy of the dispute settlement system as a fair and transparent adjudicating body.
The Promotion Of Free-Trade Areas Viewed In Terms Of Most-Favored-Nation Treatment And "Imperial Preference", Sydney M. Cone Iii
The Promotion Of Free-Trade Areas Viewed In Terms Of Most-Favored-Nation Treatment And "Imperial Preference", Sydney M. Cone Iii
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Article will first examine the relevant WTO provisions that permit free-trade agreements as exceptions to MFN treatment. It will then situate current U.S. policy in the context of the history and purpose of those provisions. Next, the discussion of history and purpose will take up a key debate in the original GATT negotiations, in which the United States championed MFN treatment, while European countries, in particular, Great Britain, sought to retain preferential trading arrangements-arrangements once associated with the rubric of "imperial preference." Against this background, the article will explore the question of whether current U.S. policy represents a reversion …
Worth Doing Well- The Improvable European Union Constitution, Stephen C. Sieberson
Worth Doing Well- The Improvable European Union Constitution, Stephen C. Sieberson
Michigan Journal of International Law
As background for this critique of the Constitution, Part II of this Article provides a brief overview of the existing EU Treaties, their shortcomings, and the political processes that culminated in the creation of the new Constitution. Of particular interest are certain goals articulated for the new document, such as the desire to replace the complex Treaties with a simpler, more approachable instrument. Part III is a summary of the Constitution's textual content, details that are necessary to illuminate the analysis that follows. Part IV offers a critical review of the awkward manner in which the Constitution is organized. In …