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Elements of Constitutionalization: Multilevel Structures of Human Rights Protection in General International and WTO-Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Frank Schorkopf  and
Christian Walter

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Both internationalists and national constitutionalists are currently reflecting on changes in the basic structures of public law. From the national perspective, the process of globalization puts into question the hitherto generally accepted position of constitutional law as being at the top of the pyramid of norms. In international law, the development of subject-oriented régimes has led to a proliferation of international courts and other bodies entrusted with the resolution of disputes. This tendency entails a danger of fragmentation which contrasts with the current tendency to discover processes of constitutionalization in international law. Starting from the functions of the constitution in national law, the following paper develops in the first part elements of constitutionalization in international law in general (I.). In the second part, the identified problems are elaborated upon in more detail with respect to the law of the World Trade Organization (II.).

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European & International Law
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German Law Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 12 , 01 December 2003 , pp. 1359 - 1374
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Copyright © 2003 by German Law Journal GbR 

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