Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: A Social Scientific Approach to International Law -- 2. Jurisdiction -- 3. Customary International Law -- 4. Treaty -- 5. International Organization -- 6. Interfunctional Linkage and Fragmentation -- 7. International Adjudication -- Afterword --...

Political Economy (PE) has been used in the national realm to understand political outcomes, including laws and jurisprudence applied to all substantive matters. PE identifies the interests of relevant actors as well as the characteristics of the institutions through which they pursue their...

This article develops the framework of comparative institutional analysis for assessing the implications of judicial interpretation in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The analytical framework offers an improved means to describe and assess the consequences of choices made in treaty drafting...

This article develops the framework of comparative institutional analysis for assessing the implications of judicial interpretation in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The analytical framework offers an improved means to describe and assess the consequences of choices made in treaty drafting...

This article seeks to comprehend the conflict between trade values and other values ("trade and...problems"), such as environmental protection, labor rights or free competition, through comparative institutional analysis using cost-benefit analysis: comparative institutional cost-benefit...