Includes legislation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
I. Introduction;
II. WTO dispute settlement system: An overview;
A. Evolution: The GATT regime;
1. The concept of dispute;
2. Consultation;
3. Panels;
4. Special procedures for developing countries;
5. Limitations of the GATT regime;
B. Continuity and change: The DSLI
1. General or common rules and procedures;
2. Special additional rules and procedures;

III.Procedural issues;
A. Preliminary or special issues;
1. Adequacy of consultations;
2. Precision of the request for the establishment of a panel;
3. Terms of reference;
4. Multiple complainants and third parties;
5. Participation of members other than disputants;
6. Admissibility of claims;
7. Issuance of separate panel reports;
8. Sufficiency of the notice of appeal;
9. Stare decisis;
10. Special or additional rules and procedures;
B. Principal common issues;
11. Standard of review;
12. Burden of Proof;
13. Treatment of evidence;
14. Interpretation of the WTO agreements;
15. Judicial economy;

IV. Substantive issues;
1. Most-favoured-nation treatment
2. National treatment;
3. Quantitative restrictions;
4. Agriculture;
5. Textiles and clothing;
6. Regional trade agreements;
7. Patent protection;
8. The environment;
9. Trade-related investment measures;
10. Subsidies;
11. Anti-dumping measures;
12. Rules of origin;

V. Systemic issues;
1. The WTO-conformity of domestic laws;
2. Rights and obligations of the producers and the users of technical knowledge;
3. Tariff rate concessions and reclassification of bound items;
4. Cross-border benchmarks to determine 'Benifit" under the SCM agreement;
5. Institutional balance;
6. Transparency;
7. The special and differential treatment;
8. Unilateralism;

VI. Summary and conclusions;
Annex A. Understanding on rules and procedures governing the settlement of disputes;
Annex B. Rules of conduct for the understanding on rules and procedures governing the settlement of disputes;
Annex C. Working procedures for appellate review;
Index.