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International Courts Are Not Agents! The Perils of the Principal-Agent Approach to Thinking About the Independence of International Courts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Karen J. Alter*
Affiliation:
Northwestern University

Abstract

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Type
Alternative Perspectives on the Independence of International Courts
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2005

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References

1 Alter, Karen J , Agents or Trustees: International Courts in Their Political Cont(TranState Working Paper No. 8, 2004), http://papers.ssm.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=622222.)Google ScholarPubMed

2 See Alter, Karen J, Resolving or Exacerbating Disputes? The WTO's New Dispute Resolution System, 79 Int'l Aff. 783 (2003).Google ScholarPubMed