Sungjoon Cho teaches international law, international trade law, international business transactions, and comparative law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. He earned his LL.B. from Seoul National University and an S.J.D. from Harvard Law School. He has represented the government of the Republic of Korea in negotiations under the WTO and OECD and served as a Co-Chair of the International Economic Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law from 2011 to 2013. He is a member of arbitration panel roster under Chapter 14 (Dispute Settlement) of the Korea-European Union Free Trade Agreement and advises the government of the Republic of Korea under various capacities.

• 1. Introduction: reconstructing the world trading system; 2. Two frameworks on an international organization; 3. The world trade community; 4. Norms and discourse: the internal operation of the world trade community; 5. The world trade constitution: external relationships of the world trade community; 6. Evaluation: the legitimacy of the world trade community; 7. Conclusion: building the world trade community.

'Cho's innovative book challenges the conventional rational-contract model in international trade law literature and presents a refreshing alternative perspective on the WTO. The social framework proposed in the book generates significant insights regarding the sociological functions of the WTO and enriches our understanding of international economic law. It certainly constitutes a significant contribution to international economic law literature.' Moshe Hirsch, Maria Von Hofmannsthal Chair in International Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem