An evaluation of the experiences of individual developing countries in developing mechanisms to access the WTO legal system.

The law-in-action of the WTO: the developing country experience Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz and Gregory Shaffer; Introduction David Evans and Gregory Shaffer; Part I. Case Studies from South America: 1. Winning at the WTO: the development of a trade policy community within Brazil Gregory Shaffer, Michelle Ratton Sanchez and Barbara Rosenberg; 2. Argentina's experience with WTO dispute settlement: development of national capacity and the use of in-house lawyers José L. Pérez Gabilondo; Part II. Case Studies from Asia: 3. China's experience and challenges in utilising the WTO dispute settlement mechanism Han Liyu and Henry Gao; 4. Learning from the India-EC GSP dispute: the issues and the process Biswajit Dhar and Abhik Majumdar; 5. Thailand's experience in the WTO dispute settlement system: challenging the EC sugar regime Pornchai Danvivathana; 6. How the DSU worked for Bangladesh: the first least developed country to bring a WTO claim Mohammad Ali Taslim; Part III. Case Studies from Africa: 7. South Africa's experience with international trade dispute settlement Gustav Brink; 8. WTO dispute settlement for a middle-income developing country: the situation of Egypt Magda Shahin; 9. Sub-Saharan Africa and WTO dispute settlement: the case of Kenya David Ouma Ochieng and David S. Majanja; Conclusion David Evans and Gregory Shaffer.