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The Virtues Of Bright Lines: Self-Determination, Secession, And External Intervention, Brad R. Roth
The Virtues Of Bright Lines: Self-Determination, Secession, And External Intervention, Brad R. Roth
Law Faculty Research Publications
The United Nations Charter-based international order sought to reconcile the selfdetermination of peoples with the inviolability of state boundaries by presuming sovereign states to be manifestations of the self-determination of the entirety of their territorial populations. This presumption, albeit notionally rebuttable, traditionally prevailed even where states could only by a feat of ideological imagination be characterized as "possessed of a government representing the whole people belonging to the territory without distinction." But the international reaction to fragmentation in the former Yugoslaviaregarding both the initial "dissolution" and the subsequent struggle over Kosovo-called into question the rigid doctrines of the past and …
The Conundrum Of Wto Accession Protocols: In Search Of Legality And Legitimacy, Julia Ya Qin
The Conundrum Of Wto Accession Protocols: In Search Of Legality And Legitimacy, Julia Ya Qin
Law Faculty Research Publications
Accession to the World Trade Organization differs from that of other international organizations in one major aspect: the WTO may prescribe more stringent rules for acceded members, depending on the result of individual accession negotiations. These country-specific rules are set out in the protocols of accession and now form a significant part of WTO law. However, questions concerning the legality and legitimacy of such rules remain to be answered. The accession protocols effectively modify the provisions of the WTO multilateral trade agreements, but the legal basis for so doing has never been properly explained and the relationship between the accession …