The topic and its importance: conflict of norms in public international law -- The case study: the law of the World Trade Organization -- Hierarchy of sources -- Accumulation and conflict of norms -- Conflict-avoidance techniques -- Resolving 'inherent normative conflict' -- Resolving 'conflict in the applicable law' -- Conflict of norms in WTO dispute settlement -- Conclusions
Summary
How do trade agreements interact with agreements on human rights or the environment? In case of conflict, which agreement should prevail? Pauwelyn considers these questions here, providing a framework for how the different rules of international law interact, and procedural guidelines in the event of conflict between them
Analysis
Conflict of laws
International law
Trade disputes
Trade regulation
World Trade Organization
Overseas item
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-505) and index
