Article
Review of: Between Law and Diplomacy: The Social Contexts of Disputing at the World Trade Organization by Joseph Conti
Comparative Political Studies
(2012)
Abstract
In Between Law and Diplomacy: The Social Contexts of Disputing at the World Trade Organization,/em>, Joseph A. Conti examines the nexus of international trade law, diplomacy, and global power relations through an exploration of international trade disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO provides a forum in which actors negotiate, cajole, and conflict over the architecture of international laws, norms, and practices, thereby directly and indirectly contributing to the evolution of international trade jurisprudence through the process of disputing over trade. He examines the process of disputing through four phases: legal mobilization, the consultative phase, the adjudicative phase, and finally the implementation and compliance phase (chap. 3). He argues that this disputing process demonstrates how “institutional dynamics, like legal capacity and experience, and interpersonal dynamics, like reputation, shame, and fear, shape processes of disputing” (p. 2). Conti’s particular contribution derives from his individual level focus on WTO insiders, what he calls his “interior view of the WTO” (p. 2). He argues that “the purpose of doing so is to create the foundations for a sociolegal framework for international trade law” (p. 3).
Keywords
- International trade law,
- Diplomacy,
- Global power relations
Disciplines
Publication Date
February, 2012
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2015 by SAGE Publications DOI: 10.1177/0010414011422806
Citation Information
Cynthia Horne. "Review of: Between Law and Diplomacy: The Social Contexts of Disputing at the World Trade Organization by Joseph Conti" Comparative Political Studies Vol. 45 Iss. 2 (2012) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/cynthia_horne/17/