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通常,WTO的法律构架和争端解决程序并不被认为来源于某一特定的法律传统。然而在实践中,大量的普通法原则可以被认为在争端解决机构(DSB)的制度安排和司法程序中获得了运用。这些原则中最关键的是普通法上的遵循先例原则(stare decisis)理论。为了探究遵循先例原则及其他的普通法原则是否在WTO法律制度中被作为依据,考查争端解决机构(DSB)的判决是十分必要的,尤其是按照普通法的核心价值和程序来考查关于“日本一酒精饮料税案”(WT/DS8.10,11)和“美国一某些虾及虾类制品的进口禁令案”(WT/DS58)。这些价值和程序包括个人自由,法律的连贯性和确定性,以及在法院等级体制内关于具有纵向和横向约束力的判例的诸规则。通过将争端解决机构(DSB)的制度构架和审判方法与普通法传统下的各种制度相比较,关于争端解决机构(DSB)的组织构造和判决程序在多大程度上结合了这些价值的问题将趋于明朗。
Generally, the WTO’s legal framework and dispute settlement procedures are not considered to originate from a particular legal tradition. However, in practice, a large number of common law principles can be considered as being used in the institutional arrangements and judicial proceedings of the DSB. The most crucial of these principles is common law doctrine of stare decisis. In order to explore whether the adherence to the precedent principle and other common law principles is based on the legal system of the WTO, it is necessary to examine the judgments of the DSB, especially in light of the common law core values and procedures. Japan Alcoholic Beverages Tax “(WT / DS8.10,11) and the” Prohibition of Importation of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products in the United States "(WT / DS58). These values and procedures include personal freedom, consistency and certainty of the law, and rules within the hierarchy of the court on vertically and horizontally binding jurisprudence. By comparing the DSB’s institutional architecture and trial methods with those under the common law tradition, the question of the extent to which DSB’s organizational structure and adjudication process combine these values Tends to be clear.