The effectiveness of the dispute settlement body of the world trade organization: An analysis of its first twelve years of existence and proposals for its improvement

Abstract

This article analyses the performance of the Dispute Settlement Body of World Trade Organization, between 1995 and 2007. This organ is one of the most important fora for conflict resolution today, because the number of cases, states and amounts in dispute. I intend to study the fulfillment of proceedings; the originality of the mechanisms to induce compliance; the progressive legitimacy of the whole system and the main suggestions to reform it.