Basic Legal Instruments for the Liberalisation of Trade

Federico Ortino is a lecturer in International Trade Law at the University of Trento and a legal consultant to the law firm Mastellone and Associates in Florence, Italy.

• Introduction: Defining the Boundaries of the ResearchPART I. SHALLOW INTEGRATION1. Negative Integration Stricto Sensu: The Elimination of Border Measures2. Judicial Integration—First Layer: The National Treatment Principle and the Prohibition of De Jure DiscriminationPART II. DEEP INTEGRATION3. Judicial Integration—Second Layer: The National Treatment Principle and the Prohibition of De Facto Discrimination4. Judicial Integration—Third Layer: The Reasonableness Rule5. Conclusion

...most impressive scholarly work. Its foremost value lies in the systematic manner in which the comparative analysis of EC and WTO law is accomplished. Christina Moell Nordic Journal of International Law 2005