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Washington, D.C. Movable Feast: The Odds On Leviathan - Dispute Resolution And Washington D.C.'S Culture, Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Washington, D.C. Movable Feast: The Odds On Leviathan - Dispute Resolution And Washington D.C.'S Culture, Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
The field of dispute resolution has benefited enormously from a great wave of enthusiasm during its first two decades. But "youth's a stuff will not endure," and the first flush of ardor is an uncertain basis for confidence in the long term. Now, there is reason to believe that our field, like its predecessor professional fields, is vulnerable to the incentive structures built in to both academic and practice careers. At the same time, what we think of as a national (or larger) movement may be increasingly affected by local cultures.
Judicial Review In The United States And In The Wto: Some Similarities And Differences, Carlos Manuel Vázquez
Judicial Review In The United States And In The Wto: Some Similarities And Differences, Carlos Manuel Vázquez
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Among international organizations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is widely credited with having the most effective dispute settlement system. Its highly developed dispute settlement system, which is one of the few in international law to include a standing appellate body, invites comparisons to the institution of judicial review in the United States under the paradigm of Marbury v. Madison. Such a comparison yields insights about both the WTO dispute settlement system and Marbury-style judicial review. This article first notes an important parallel between the two systems: like the WTO, judicial review in the United States began as the …