Conflict of norms in public international law how WTO law relates to other rules of international law - Pauwelyn, Joost (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-505) and index
The topic and its importance: conflict of norms in public international law -- The case study: the law of the World Trade Organization -- Hierarchy of sources -- Accumulation and conflict of norms -- Conflict-avoidance techniques -- Resolving 'inherent normative conflict' -- Resolving 'conflict in the applicable law' -- Conflict of norms in WTO dispute settlement -- Conclusions
How do trade agreements interact with agreements on human rights or the environment? In case of conflict, which agreement should prevail? Pauwelyn considers these questions here, providing a framework for how the different rules of international law interact, and procedural guidelines in the event of conflict between them