Awards

• Commended for The Hill Times List of Top 100 Best Books for 2013 (Canada).

Overview

Critics of the World Trade Organization argue that its binding dispute settlement process imposes a neoliberal agenda on member states. If this is the case, why would any nation agree to participate? Jacqueline Krikorian explores this question by examining the impact of the WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism on domestic policies in the United States and Canada. She demonstrates that the WTO’s ability to influence domestic arrangements has been constrained by three factors: judicial deference, institutional arrangements, and strategic decision making by political elites in Ottawa and Washington. By bringing the insights of law and politics scholarship to bear on a subject matter traditionally addressed by international relations scholars, Krikorian shows that the classic division in political science between these two fields of study, though suitable in the postwar era, is outdated in the context of a globalized world.

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Krikorian's book is significant in that it makes an important contribution to the discipline by developing a better understanding of the dynamic relationship between international and national legal frameworks. Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections. -- C. W. Herrick, Muhlenberg College Choice

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Jacqueline D. Krikorian is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and in the Law and Society program at York University. She is a specialist in government and public law.

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