Why Adjudicate?: Enforcing Trade Rules in the WTO
Winner of the 2014 Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize, Masayoshi Ohira Memorial FoundationWinner of the 2013 International Law Best Book Award, International Law Section of the International Studies AssociationCo-Winner of the 2013 Chadwick F. Alger Prize, International Studies Association"Why Adjudicateis a must-read for any scholar interested in legalization of world politics, the role of international courts and the mechanisms of trade policy. I am sure this book will inspire these research programs and the field of International Political Economy for years to come."--Manfred Elsig,Review of International Organizations"Christina L. Davis provides an insightful and careful analysis of the domestic underpinnings of international trade law litigation.Why Adjudicate?fills a real gap in the literature by examining the factors that both shape and determine when states pursue legal challenges before the World Trade Organization's dispute-settlement mechanism. . . . Focusing on the United States and Japan as her primary case studies, she has completed an exceptional and valuable study that will be read by both scholars and professionals for years to come."--Jacqueline Krikorian,Perspectives on Politics"The book provides a cogent and compelling domestic logic. . . . Davis' book, a solid contribution by one of today's leading trade scholars, is also valuable for directing greater attention to how members navigate the multilateral trade regime, which is as important as the judicial activism of its arbitration panels. The book's findings have implications not only for the future of WTO dispute settlement reform--less is better--but for the benefits of legalization more broadly."--Soo Yeon Kim, World Trade Review