Download or read book Sovereignty, the WTO, and Changing Fundamentals of International Law written by John H. Jackson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-27 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century has been one of the most challenging periods for the generally accepted assumptions of international law. This book, first published in 2006, grapples with these long-held assumptions (such as the consent basis of international law norms, equality of nations, restrictive or text-based treaty interpretations and applications, the monopoly of internal national power, and non-interference), and how they are being fundamentally altered by the forces of globalization. It also examines the challenges facing the WTO as a component of international economic law, and how that field is inextricably linked to general international law.