CARICOM states and the WTO dispute settlement system: the case for greater engagement

This paper examines the participation of member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the World Trade Organisation (WTO)’s dispute settlement system and its associated negotiations. In so doing, it highlights the dispute settlement system’s important contribution to the WTO and the need for CARICOM member states to engage more actively with this aspect of the WTO’s work. The paper concludes by articulating some of the lessons learnt from CARICOM member states’ experiences to date and offering some concrete suggestions on how the region can improve its current record of engagement.     

Explaining China's approach to investor-state dispute settlement reform: A contextual perspective

China's approach to ISDS reform is widely perceived as undecided and ambiguous. This paper provides the first detailed analysis of China's submission to the UNITRAL Working Group III and situates China's approach in the context of global dialogue of ISDS reform and competing reform proposals. The paper shows that China's open, flexible, and evolving approach to ISDS reform could be better understood by a contextual evaluation of the pertinent factors which have contributed to its formation. Moreover, this paper explains why China did not sign up to the EU's investment court system (ICS) proposal in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). Lastly, the paper argues that China should reconsider its attitude towards the ICS in the CAI context and that the EU's recent suggestion that the envisaged multilateral investment court may adopt an ‘open architecture’ is likely to enhance its appeal to China.     

论和谐社会与我国行政纠纷解决制度的完善

建立有效的矛盾或者纠纷解决机制,对于建设和谐社会具有重要意义,尤其是行政纠纷,涉及到政府与公众,公共利益与个人利益之间的关系,涉及到法治的建设。必须从构建和谐社会的内在要求出发,对现行的行政纠纷解决制度进行变革和完善。司法程序的局限性和现代纷争的特征都决定了司法外纷争解决制度的重要性。借鉴西方国家司法外行政纠纷解决制度的合理内核,加强我国司法外行政纠纷解决制度的建设,以促进我国行政救济制度的完善。     

WTO解决贸易与环境争端的实践取向与我国的法律对策

WTO在解决贸易与环境争端的实践中,对环保规则做出了富有发展性的新的解释,表现出比在GATT时代更加重视环保的取向。面对这种形势,我国作为一个深受环境壁垒之害的贸易大国,应做出全面的法律对策。     

试论争议解决及其可执行性

一、争议解决协议及其分类 争议解决协议①是协议当事人拟定的关于争议解决事项及争议解决方式的合意.争议解决协议中规定的争议解决事项连同争议发生后提交的争议解决申请书(如起诉状和仲裁申请书)确定了争议解决者(如法官或仲裁员)对于实体问题的管辖权;而争议解决方式则体现了当事人对于争议解决的程序问题的约定.     

试论我国行政纠纷解决机制的完善

行政纠纷是社会纠纷的一种,其存在具有客观必然性。随着行政权的扩张,行政纠纷大量出现,从而使和谐社会的建立面临挑战。在这样的社会背景下,完善现有的行政纠纷解决机制成为必然。本文从分析现有行政纠纷解决机制的缺陷入手,尝试性地提出一些重构和健全现有行政纠纷解决机制的途径,以促进我国行政救济制度的完善。     

基于美国ADR对我国行政争议解决的思考

由于受司法危机、社会对解决行政纠纷形式多样化需求及公民“合意”“非对抗性”理念等因素的影响,20世纪90年代,美国在行政争议解决中采用ADR替代性纠纷解决方法取得成功。比较美国的做法,我们应该对我国行政诉讼法“不适用调解”原则进行反思。     

论加入WTO后我国行业协会的制度完善——纺织品贸易争端引发的思考

加入WTO后急需我国行业协会在行业利益协调,避免和解决贸易争端等方面发挥积极作用。然而,制度上的障碍造成我国行业协会功能缺失,2005年纺织品贸易争端的爆发即突出反映出这一问题。因而,必须加紧健全我国行业协会发展的外部法律环境,制定《行业协会法》,并完善其内部管理机制。