TY - GEN AB - For all the attention paid to the panelists and Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Secretariat plays an overlooked and increasingly important role in the dispute settlement mechanism (DSM), including in selecting panelists, writing “issue papers” for adjudicators, providing economic expert advice, participating in internal deliberations, and drafting actual rulings. This Article argues that, given these functions, the DSM is better understood to be a sui generis administrative review process than it is a “World Trade Court.” AU - Pauwelyn, Joost AU - Pelc, Krzysztof DA - 2022 DO - 10.1017/ajil.2022.20 DO - doi ID - 300070 KW - Global Governance KW - Trade and Work L1 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/300070/files/who-guards-the-guardians-of-the-system-the-role-of-the-secretariat-in-wto-dispute-settlement.pdf L2 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/300070/files/who-guards-the-guardians-of-the-system-the-role-of-the-secretariat-in-wto-dispute-settlement.pdf L4 - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/300070/files/who-guards-the-guardians-of-the-system-the-role-of-the-secretariat-in-wto-dispute-settlement.pdf LK - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/300070/files/who-guards-the-guardians-of-the-system-the-role-of-the-secretariat-in-wto-dispute-settlement.pdf N2 - For all the attention paid to the panelists and Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Secretariat plays an overlooked and increasingly important role in the dispute settlement mechanism (DSM), including in selecting panelists, writing “issue papers” for adjudicators, providing economic expert advice, participating in internal deliberations, and drafting actual rulings. This Article argues that, given these functions, the DSM is better understood to be a sui generis administrative review process than it is a “World Trade Court.” PY - 2022 T1 - Who guards the "guardians of the system"?the role of the secretariat in WTO dispute settlement TI - Who guards the "guardians of the system"?the role of the secretariat in WTO dispute settlement UR - https://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/300070/files/who-guards-the-guardians-of-the-system-the-role-of-the-secretariat-in-wto-dispute-settlement.pdf Y1 - 2022 ER -