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Constitutional Law

2004

Dispute resolution (law)

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Judicial Review In The United States And In The Wto: Some Similarities And Differences, Carlos Manuel Vázquez Jan 2004

Judicial Review In The United States And In The Wto: Some Similarities And Differences, Carlos Manuel Vázquez

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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 …