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Volume 42 | Number 3 Summer 2007

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Proportionality: WTO Law: in Comparative Perspective

by Mads Andenas & Stefan Zleptnig

Summary

  1. Introduction

  2. The Principle of Proportionality
    1. Legal Principles
      1. Nature of Principles
      2. Public International Law and WTO Law
      3. Conclusions
    2. Introducing Proportionality
    3. Test in Different Contexts
    4. Typology of Functions
      1. Control and Limitation of Discretion
      2. Balancing of Conflicting Rights and Interests
      3. Standard for Judicial Review
      4. Scope of Legal Norms
      5. Limit and Rationalize the Power of Judges
      6. Political Theories and Proportionality
    5. Different Elements of the Proportionality Test
      1. Suitability
      2. Necessity
      3. Proportionality Stricto Sensu
  3. Intensity of Review
    1. Intensity of Review in EC Law
    2. Standard of Review in WTO Law
  4. Proportionality in Public International Law
    1. Countermeasures
    2. Use of Force and Armed Conflicts
    3. Maritime Delimitation
    4. Conclusion
  5. Balancing In U.S. Constitutional Law: The Interstate Commerce Clause

  6. Balancing in the WTO
    1. Objective Justifications: Public Policy Exceptions in the GATT
      1. Introduction
      2. General Design
        1. Necessary to . . .
        2. Relating to . . .
      3. Application of the Measure: The Chapeau
      4. Conclusion: How the Tests in Article XX GATT Operate
    2. Positive Obligations for Domestic Regulation
      1. SPS Agreement
      2. TBT Agreement
      3. Conclusion: How the Tests in the SPS and TBT Agreements Operate
  7. Conclusion

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