Reforming the World Trading System Legitimacy, Effeciency and Democratic Governance

Carlo Trojan: Foreword
Notes on Contributors
List of Abbreviations
I WTO Negotiators and Academics Analyze the Doha Development Round of the WTO
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann: Overview and Summary of the Book
II The Doha Development Round and the Future of the WTO: Policy Proposals
1: Peter Sutherland: The Doha Development Agenda: Political Challenges to the World Trading System - A Cosmopolitan Perspective
2: Faizel Ismael: A Development Perspective on the WTO July 2004 General Council Decision
3: Kenneth W. Dam: Cordell Hull, the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act and the WTO
III Building-Blocks for Concluding the Doha Round Negotiations on Agriculture
4: Stefan Tangermann: How to Forge a Compromise in the Agricultural Negotiations?
5: Stuart Harbinson: The Agricultural Negotiations: The Road from Doha and How to Keep the Negotiations on a Positive Track
6: Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann: Strategic Use of WTO Dispute Settlement Proceedings for Advancing WTO Negotiations on Agricultural Subsidies
IV The Doha Round Negotiations on Services Trade
7: L. Alan Winters: Developing Country Proposals for the Liberalization of Movements of Natural Service Suppliers
8: J. Anthony VanDuzer: Navigating Between the Poles: Unpacking the Debate on the Implications for Development of GATS Obligations Relating to Health and Education Services
9: Joel P. Trachtman: Negotiations on Domestic Regulation and Trade in Services (Article VI GATS): A Legal Analysis of Selected Current Issues
V Less-Developed WTO Members in the Doha Round Negotiations
10: Bernard Hoekman: Operationalizing the Concept of Policy Space in the WTO: Beyond Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries
11: Gregory Shaffer: Can WTO Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building Serve Developing Countries?
12: Marion Panizzon and Thomas Cottier: Developing Countries Interests and Negotiation Positions on Protection of Geographical Indications and Traditional Knowledge
VI Are WTO Rules Adequately Protecting Consumer Welfare?
13: Petros Mavroidis: Come Together? Producer Welfare, Consumer Welfare and WTO Rules
14: Patrick Messerlin: Non-Discrimination, Welfare Balances and WTO Rules: An Historical Perspective
15: François Souty: Is There a Need for Additional WTO Competition Rules Promoting Non-Discriminatory Competition Laws and Competition Institutions in WTO Members?
16: Frederick M. Abbott: Are the Competition Rules in the WTO TRIPS Agreement Adequate?
17: Bijit Bora and E..M.Graham: Investment and the Doha Development Agenda
VII Challenges to the Political Legitimacy of the WTO System
18: Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann: The "Human Rights Approach to International Trade" Advocated by UN Human Rights Bodies and by the International Labour Organization: Is it Relevant for WTO Law and Policy?
19: Gregory Shaffer: Parliamentary Oversight of WTO Rule-Making: The Political, Normative and Practical Contexts
20: David Skaggs: How Can Parliamentary Participation in WTO Rule-Making and Democratic Control Be Made More Effective in the WTO? A United States Congressional Perspective
21: Meinhard Hilf: How Can Parliamentary Participation in WTO Rule-Making and Democratic Control Be Made More Effective? The European Context
22: Erika Mann: A Parliamentary Dimension to the WTO - More than Just a Vision?
23: James Bacchus: A Few Thoughts on Legitimacy, Democracy and the WTO
24: Steve Charnovitz: The WTO and Cosmopolitics
25: Julio A. Lacarte: Transparency, Public Debate and Participaton by NGOs in the WTO: A WTO Perspective
VIII WTO Decision-Making Procedures, 'Member-Driven' Rule-Making and WTO Consensus Practices: Are They Adequate?
26: Richard Blackhurst and David Hartridge: Improving the Capacity of WTO Institutions to Fulfil their Mandate
27: John S. Odell: Chairing a WTO Negotiation
28: Claus-Dieter Ehlermann and Lothar Ehring: Are WTO Decision-Making Procedures Adequate for Making, Revising and Implementing Worldwide and 'Plurilateral' Rules?
29: Gary Sampson: Is There a Need for Restructuring the Collaboration Among the WTO and UN Specialized Agencies so as to Harness their Complementarities?
30: Claus-Dieter Ehlermann and Lothar Ehring: Can the WTO Dispute Settlement System Deal with Competition Disputes?