The Appellate Body's interpretation in China – Raw Materials regarding the applicability of GATT Article XX to China's Accession Protocol is highly controversial and stimulates wide debates in academia. The controversy is rooted in the absence of an explicit mention of ‘consistency with the...

International finance law keeps the tradition of “soft law” standards even after the 2008 financial crisis. This status quo derives from concerns over sovereignty and regulatory uncertainty. Although soft law has merits in pragmatic rule making and flexible rule implementation, soft law is...

Within the sphere of multilateral development banks' (MDB) dispute settlement, the accountability system is one stellar important development. It is essentially MDBs' legal efforts to address complaints made by people adversely affected by an MDB-funded project. Such complaints arise from...