The Appellate Body of the WTO and Its Reform

<p>Part I: The AB in the WTO Governance and Its Reform – Broader Perspectives.-&nbsp;Introduction: Saving the Jewel in the Crown.-&nbsp;Between “Member-Driven Governance” and “Judicialization”: Constitutional and Judicial Dilemmas in The World Trading System.-&nbsp;Reforming the Appellate Body.-&nbsp;The AB Crisis as Symptomatic of the WTO’s Foundational Defects or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AB.-&nbsp;The Impending Demise of the WTO Appellate Body: From Centrepiece to Historical Relic?.-&nbsp;WTO Appellate Body Overreach and the Crisis in the Making: A View from the South.-&nbsp;Part II: Reforms in Relation to the Basic Functions of the AB.-&nbsp;Why the WTO Adjudicatory Crisis Will Not Be Easily Solved: Defining and Responding to “Judicial.-&nbsp; Activism”.-&nbsp;A Proper Balance between WTO’s Members-Driven Nature and the Appellate Body’s Role as an Adjudicator – Careful Exercise of Judicial Activism.-&nbsp;The Judicial Style of the Appellate Body.-&nbsp;Interpretative Authority of the Appellate Body: Replies to the Criticism by the United States.-&nbsp;Judicial Economy and Advisory Opinions of the Appellate Body – Potential Reform of Article 17.12 of the DSU.-&nbsp;The Use of Panel Process to Improve the Function of the Appellate Body: A Proposal to Utilize the Expert Review Group.-&nbsp;Part III: Options to Address the Crisis and Wider Implications Beyond the WTO.-&nbsp;Disruptive Construction or Constructive Destruction? Reflections on the Appellate Body Crisis.-&nbsp;WTO Appellate Body at Crossroads: Options and Alternatives.-&nbsp;Appointment and Reappointment of the Appellate Body Members: Judiciary or Politics.-&nbsp;Should Appellate Body Members Work Full Time.-&nbsp;The Appellate Body as a Trailblazer – Facilitation of Appellate Mechanism Discussion in Other International Courts.-&nbsp;The WTO AB as a Model for Other Adjudicatory Bodies – the Case of EU Investment Court System.-&nbsp;</p>