This second edition identifies the problems of interpreting WTO agreements, addressing the legislative developments and updating the case law.

This book was first published in 2006. The case law of the World Trade Organization is now extensive, running into over one hundred cases and thousands of pages

This text analyses the law of treaty interpretation as applied by the WTO Appellate Body. By focusing on the development of the law in practice, and the interse

The rules of treaty interpretation codified in the 'Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties' now apply to virtually all treaties, in an international context a

This book investigates whether treaty interpretation at the ECtHR and WTO, which are sometimes perceived as promoting ‘self-contained’ regimes, could consti