Machine generated contents note: Part I. Developing Countries and International Trade: 1. Law and development for lease-developed countries: theoretical basis and regulatory framework for microtrade Yong-Shik Lee; 2. Development disputes in international trade Tomer Broude; 3. Intellectual property rights, trade, and economic development Bryan Mercurio; 4. Trade, border security, and development Maureen Irish; Part II. Law and Development in the World Trade Organization: 5. World Trade Organization and developing countries: reform proposal Yong-Shik Lee; 6. Rediscovering the role of developing countries in GATT/WTO before the Doha Round Faizel Ismail; 7. The WTO dispute settlement from the perspective of developing countries Gary Horlick and Katherine Fennell; 8. Pacific countries in the WTO: accession and accommodation, the reality of WTO accession Andrew Mitchell and Joanne Wallis; Part III. Law and Development in Free Trade Agreements: 9. North-South regional trade agreements: prospects, risks, and legal regulation Moche Hirsch; 10. Free trade agreements: WTO disciplines and development perspectives Mitsuo Matsushita and Yong-Shik Lee; 11. FTAs, developing countries, and human rights conditionality Anthony Cassimatis; 12. Free trade agreement and foreign direct investment: a viable answer for economic development? Yong-Shik Lee; Part IV. Law and Development in Regional Initiatives 13. Islands of prosperity and poverty: a rational trade development policy for economically heterogeneous states Colin Picker; 14. The generalized system of preferences of the United States: does it promote industrialization and economic growth in least developed countries? Caf Dowlah; 15. Economic development of North Korea: call for international trade based development policy and legal reform Yong-Shik Lee, Young-Ok Kim and Hye Seong Mun; 16. Applying the 'specificity' test of the WTO subsidy rule in the context of China's foreign investment policies Xiaojie Lu; 17. Non-Conclusion Gary Horlick.