Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Part I: The AB in the WTO Governance and Its Reform - Broader Perspectives
1. Chang-fa Lo, Junji Nakagawa and Tsai-fang Chen: Introduction: Saving the Jewel in the Crown
2. Ulrich Petersmann: Between "Member-Driven Governance" and "Judicialization" Constitutional and Judicial Dilemmas in The World Trading System
3. Mitsuo Matsushita: Reforming the Appellate Body
4. Colin Picker: The AB Crisis as Symptomatic of the WTO's Foundational Defects or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AB
5. Markus Wagner, The Impending Demise of the WTO Appellate Body: From Centrepiece to Historical Relic?
6. R. Rajesh Babu: WTO Appellate Body Overreach and the Crisis in the Making: A View from the South
Part II: Reforms in Relation to the Basic Functions of the AB
7. Raj Bhala,
Why the WTO Adjudicatory Crisis Will Not Be Easily Solved: Defining and Responding to "Judicial Activism" 8. Chang-fa Lo: A Proper Balance between WTO's Members-Driven Nature and the Appellate Body's Role as an Adjudicator - Careful Exercise of Judicial Activism
9. Niall Meagher: The Judicial Style of the Appellate Body
10. Yuka Fukunaga: Interpretative Authority of the Appellate Body: Replies to the Criticism by the United States
11. Tsai-fang Chen: Judicial Economy and Advisory Opinions of the Appellate Body - Potential Reform of Article 17.12 of the DSU
12. Tomohiko Kobayashi: The Use of Panel Process to Improve the Function of the Appellate Body: A Proposal to Utilize the Expert Review Group
Part III: Options to Address the Crisis and Wider Implications Beyond the WTO
13. Henry Gao,
Disruptive Construction or Constructive Destruction? Reflections on the Appellate Body Crisis 14. Rajesh Sharma: WTO Appellate Body at Crossroads: Options and Alternatives
15. Poching Lee: Appointment and Reappointment of the Appellate Body Members: Judiciary or Politics
16. Fernando Dias Sim es: Should Appellate Body Members Work Full Time
17. Jaemin Lee: The Appellate Body as a Trailblazer - Facilitation of Appellate Mechanism Discussion in Other International Courts
18. Joanna Jemielniak: The WTO AB as a Model for Other Adjudicatory Bodies - the Case of EU Investment Court System