In the U.S., the two recent candidates for appointment to the Supreme Court, Roberts and Alito, have both pledged allegiance to the text of the constitution.  Their right wing supporters acquiesce in their decision to foreswear judicial activism on the side of the right, perhaps in order to forestall

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) secretariat has recently refused to approve export quotas for caviar from Caspian Sea sturgeon.  This decision raises important issues of WTO law. The first question is who would complain?  It is most likely in this case that the exporting states would

Paul Wolfowitz has ordered the suspension of World Bank loans to Chad, because of Chad's non-compliance with the "lock box" features of its offshore oil pipeline.  The pipeline was financed by the World Bank on condition that funds be held in an offshore account and applied

In a statement yesterday, the EU Commission has declared the ineffectiveness of WTO law to influence its conduct.  Speaking of the anticipated WTO panel report in GMOs:  "Only products recognised as safe will be allowed and the WTO report will not influence the decision-making process in the EU."