The traditional territory-based structure of international law makes protecting global common goods a major challenge. This is particularly true with respect to the ocean, an environment where overlapping areas under the jurisdiction of different states coexist with very mobile resources and a...

This chapter examines the ways in which the European Union (EU) has reacted to panel and Appellate Body Reports of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The rejection of direct effect of WTO law and jurisprudence by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) left to the EU's political organs...