Legitimacy of International Trade Courts and Tribunals

The recent rise of international trade courts and tribunals deserves systemic study and in-depth analysis. This volume gathers contributions from experts specialised in different regional adjudicators of trade disputes and scrutinises their operations in the light of the often-debated legitimacy issues. It not only looks into prominent adjudicators that have played a significant role for global and regional integration; it also encloses the newly established and/or less-known judicial actors. Critical topics covered range from procedures and legal techniques during the adjudication process to the pre- and post-adjudication matters in relation to forum selection and decision implementation. The volume features cross-cutting interdisciplinary discussions among academics and practitioners, lawyers, philosophers and political scientists. In addition to fulfilling the research vacuum, it aims to address the challenges and opportunities faced in international trade adjudication.

Robert Howse is the Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law at New York University School of Law. Hélène Ruiz-Fabri is Director of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, and Head of the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution. Geir Ulfstein is Professor of International Law in the Department of Public and International Law and Co-director of PluriCourts, the Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, at the Universitetet i Oslo. Michelle Q. Zang is a post doctoral research fellow at PluriCourts, the Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, at the Universitetet i Oslo.