Impact of WTO Law on European Food Regulation
In: European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3, Issue 6, p. 361-375
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In: European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3, Issue 6, p. 361-375
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In: Common market law review, Volume 40, Issue 2, p. 313-367
ISSN: 0165-0750
In: Proceedings of the annual meeting / American Society of International Law, Volume 108, p. 350-352
ISSN: 2169-1118
In: Schriftenreihe zum internationalen Steuerrecht 45
In: Journal of international economic law, Volume 9, Issue 4, p. 779-821
ISSN: 1464-3758
In: Common Market Law Review, Volume 40, Issue 2, p. 313-367
ISSN: 0165-0750
In: Proceedings of the annual meeting / American Society of International Law, Volume 108, p. 350-352
ISSN: 2169-1118
In: Non-Economic Objectives in WTO Law, p. 55-84
In: Geert A. Zonnekeyn, DIRECT EFFECT OF WTO LAW: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, Cameron May Ltd.
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In: Proceedings of the annual meeting / American Society of International Law, Volume 103, p. 469-471
ISSN: 2169-1118
In: Human Rights & International Legal Discourse (HR&ILD), Volume 2, Issue 1
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In: The Banana Dispute, p. 39-111
There are two functions of the state liability principle. The first is to secure individual rights (including economic rights) from a wrongful act conducted by a government, and the second is to compensate for damage caused by the infringement of individual right. Economic right is inherently allowing an individual to pursue economic interest both domestically or globally. In order to accommodate this right, a government is obliged to provide trade rules and mechanisms for every individual to conduct their global economic activities by participating in the WTO. The objective of the WTO significantly corresponds to the individual's right in order to obtain trade benefits. Hence, when a government infringes trade rules and mechanisms underlined in WTO Law, it will directly restrict individuals from gaining trade benefits under the WTO or, moreover, it will restrain individuals from enjoying their inviolable economic rights. When the right is violated, and the damage occurs, it thus leads to the obligation for the government to compensate the damage according to the state liability principle. This article discusses the nexus between the state liability principle and WTO Law, in order to encourage national courts to exercise the function of state liability by referring to the infringement of economic rights caused by the violation of WTO Law.
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