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DESCRIPTION:Les Ateliers de théorie du droit et la Chaire L. Yves Fortier C
 hairen arbitrage international et droit du commerce international accueill
 ent Krzysztof J. Pelc\, Département de science politique\, Université McGi
 ll.  Résumé  (En anglais seulement) There is no formal binding precedent i
 n international law. Yet\, as this article (view on SSRN) demonstrates\, c
 ountries nonetheless expend considerable resources in seeking to shape leg
 al precedent. Looking at the international trade regime\, I show that whil
 e some disputes are initiated to gain market access in response to domesti
 c interests\, others are filed primarily to build favorable precedent for 
 future cases of greater commercial value. I construct an original dataset 
 consisting of the network of all rulings spanning the WTO period\, and the
  cases they cite. I analyze this network to provide systematic evidence fo
 r the existence of 'test cases' in international law: countries initiate c
 ommercially unimportant disputes to shape legal precedent to their advanta
 ge. And wealthy countries with high legal capacity are significantly bette
 r able to do so. While the existence of binding precedent in international
  law remains a point of continuous debate\, countries observably behave in
  a manner consistent with its existence.  Le conférencier  (En anglais seu
 lement) Krzysztof J. Pelc is an assistant professor in the Department of P
 olitical Science at 91ºÚÁÏÍø. His research is in international po
 litical economy\, with a focus on international rules.  He is interested i
 n how the design of rules affects odds of cooperation\, and how it benefit
 s some countries over others. Much of this work looks specifically at the 
 rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). 
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SUMMARY:The Politics of Precedent in International Law: A Social Network Ap
 plication
URL:/law/fr/channels/event/politics-precedent-internat
 ional-law-social-network-application-231163
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