WTO争端解决机构法律适用范围争议及原因探析

Commen on Disputes of Range of WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism Applicable Law and Reason Analysis

在WTO成立之初,对于其争端解决机构法律适用问题曾存在较大争议,DSB专家组和上诉机构的审判实践对其所适用法律范围的界定提供了生动的范例。将WTO争端解决法律渊源划分为正式渊源和解释渊源的做法与DSB司法实践更为接近,在理论上也不易造成混淆。十分有必要重新审视DSB适用法律渊源具体内容、效力层级以及争议产生的原因,这对指导成员国积极参与诉讼并合理预判结果具有重要的理论和实践意义。

At the beginning of WTO establishment, there is a big dispute on applicable law DSB. In the past decade, DSB example on defining applicable source of law into formal origin practice, which theoretically is re-examine DSB applicable law panel and appeal body trial practice provides a vivid law. However dividing the WTO dispute settlement and explanatory source is more close to the judicial not easy to cause confusion. It is very necessary to origin specific content, hierarchy and causes of the dispute and guide member states actively participate in litigation and anticipate reasonable result.