Agents, trustees, and international courts: The politics of judicial appointment at the World Trade Organization

European Journal of International Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 391-415

  Elsig, Manfred ^a   Pollack, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appellate Body; delegation; international courts; principal agent; World Trade Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901296933     PISSN: 13540661     EISSN: 14603713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354066112448201     Document Type: Article

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