Role of the judge in international trade regulation: an overview / Thomas Cottier, Petros C. Mavroidis -- pt. I. Does the WTO judge trespass his mandate? Most dangerous branch? WTO appellate body jurisprudence on the nature and limits of the judicial power / Robert Howse -- Has the WTO dispute settlement system exceeded its authority? A consideration of deference shown by the system to member government decisions and its use of issue-avoidance techniques / William J. Davey -- Limits of WTO jurisprudence: comments from an international law and human rights perspective / Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann -- pt. II. Relevant experience in the U.S. and the EC. Dormant Commerce Clause and the Hormones problem / Donald H. Regan -- A U.S. perspective on ducks / Diane P. Wood -- Deference -- and responsibility -- by WTO "judges" / Gary N. Horlick -- The agency model of judging in economic integration: balancing responsibilities / Joel P. Trachtman -- The EC response / Piet Eeckhout -- To what extent is the description of the U.S. law made by professor D.H. Regan applicable in the EC context? / Michel Waelbroeck -- pt. III. The review of health standards in the WTO -- Does the WTO stand for "deference to" or "interference with" national health authorities when applying the agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS agreement)? / Joost Pauwelyn -- Some issues of the SPS agreement / Mitsuo Matsushita -- Comment on the "WTO response" / Steve Charnovitz -- Comment on facial non-discrimination in the WTO / David Palmeter -- Role of the judge in the EU and WTO: lessons from the BSE and Hormones cases / Natalie McNelis -- Commentary on Natalie McNelis' paper / Merit Janow -- Commentary on Natalie McNelis' paper / George A. Bermann -- National health regulations and the SPS agreement: the WTO case law of the early years / Henrik Horn, Petros C. Mavroidis -- pt. IV. Where do we go from here? -- The paradox of judicial review in international trade regulation: towards a comprehensive framework / Thomas Cottier, Matthias Oesch -- Legitimacy through "higher law?" Why constitutionalizing the WTO is a step too far / Robert Howse, Kalypso Nicolaidis -- Concluding remarks / Thomas Cottier, Petros C. Mavroidis -- Appendix. The Moot case.