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The Duty To Settle In Wto Dispute Settlement, Chios Carmody
The Duty To Settle In Wto Dispute Settlement, Chios Carmody
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WTO disputes form an important part of the way we think about WTO law today. Nevertheless, given the fact that virtually all of the disputes must, at some point or other, settle, this article argues that an important — and perhaps even pre-eminent — aspect of WTO law is the law of settlement. There is an actual duty on parties in WTO law to resolve the cases they are involved in. This is not a “hard” obligation in the sense of having to achieve a specific result, but rather one of a softer, process-oriented variety. This article examines the law …