J.H.H. Weiler is Manley Hudson Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair at Harvard University.He is a faculty member at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium and an Honorary Professor at University College, London University and at the University of Copenhagen. He is Director of the Academy-on-Line of the Academy of European Law, EUI, Florence.He is Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Introduction: Cain and Abel - Convergence and Divergence in International Trade Law ; 1. EC External Commercial Policy after Amsterdam: Authority and Interpretation within Interconnected Legal Orders ; 2. Adjudicative Legitimacy and Treaty Interpretation in International Trade Law: The Early Years of WTO Jurisprudence ; 3. The European Court of Justice and the WTO: Problems and Challenges ; 4. On Kith and Kine (and Crustaceans): Trade and Environment in the EU and WTO ; 5. The North American Integration Regime and its Implications for the World Trading System ; Epilogue: Towards a Common Law

Although easily readable, the audience for this volume is primarily lawyers or persons trained in the law. ... Together ... the essays constitute a coherent introduction to the evolution, major institutions, issues and developments in international trade law. ...Robert Howse's essay on 'Adjudicative Legitimacy and Treaty Interpretation in International Trade' .. provides a good critique of the major legitimacy and overnance issues associated with the regulatory instruments of international trade as well as a good theoretical framework for understanding them.

J.H.H. Weiler is Manley Hudson Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair at Harvard University.He is a faculty member at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium and an Honorary Professor at University College, London University and at the University of Copenhagen. He is Director of the Academy-on-Line of the Academy of European Law, EUI, Florence.He is Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Introduction: Cain and Abel - Convergence and Divergence in International Trade Law ; 1. EC External Commercial Policy after Amsterdam: Authority and Interpretation within Interconnected Legal Orders ; 2. Adjudicative Legitimacy and Treaty Interpretation in International Trade Law: The Early Years of WTO Jurisprudence ; 3. The European Court of Justice and the WTO: Problems and Challenges ; 4. On Kith and Kine (and Crustaceans): Trade and Environment in the EU and WTO ; 5. The North American Integration Regime and its Implications for the World Trading System ; Epilogue: Towards a Common Law

Although easily readable, the audience for this volume is primarily lawyers or persons trained in the law. ... Together ... the essays constitute a coherent introduction to the evolution, major institutions, issues and developments in international trade law. ...Robert Howse's essay on 'Adjudicative Legitimacy and Treaty Interpretation in International Trade' .. provides a good critique of the major legitimacy and overnance issues associated with the regulatory instruments of international trade as well as a good theoretical framework for understanding them.

J.H.H. Weiler is Manley Hudson Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair at Harvard University.He is a faculty member at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium and an Honorary Professor at University College, London University and at the University of Copenhagen. He is Director of the Academy-on-Line of the Academy of European Law, EUI, Florence.He is Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Introduction: Cain and Abel - Convergence and Divergence in International Trade Law ; 1. EC External Commercial Policy after Amsterdam: Authority and Interpretation within Interconnected Legal Orders ; 2. Adjudicative Legitimacy and Treaty Interpretation in International Trade Law: The Early Years of WTO Jurisprudence ; 3. The European Court of Justice and the WTO: Problems and Challenges ; 4. On Kith and Kine (and Crustaceans): Trade and Environment in the EU and WTO ; 5. The North American Integration Regime and its Implications for the World Trading System ; Epilogue: Towards a Common Law

Although easily readable, the audience for this volume is primarily lawyers or persons trained in the law. ... Together ... the essays constitute a coherent introduction to the evolution, major institutions, issues and developments in international trade law. ...Robert Howse's essay on 'Adjudicative Legitimacy and Treaty Interpretation in International Trade' .. provides a good critique of the major legitimacy and overnance issues associated with the regulatory instruments of international trade as well as a good theoretical framework for understanding them.