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Joel P. Trachtman

Joel P. Trachtman

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Law

D-Index
30
Citations
4557
World Ranking
268
National Ranking
194

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • China
  • Common law

His primary areas of study are Law, International law, Law and economics, International trade and Customary international law. Law is a component of his Human rights, Constitution, International legal system, Politics and International free trade agreement studies. He specializes in International law, namely Public international law.

His Law and economics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Competition, Competition law and Domestic policy. The World trade, Trade barrier and Technical barriers to trade research Joel P. Trachtman does as part of his general International trade study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Economic analysis, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science. His work focuses on many connections between Customary international law and other disciplines, such as Municipal law, that overlap with his field of interest in Jurisdiction.

His most cited work include:

  • Ruling the World?: Constitutionalism, International Law, and Global Governance (97 citations)
  • The Domain of WTO Dispute Resolution (91 citations)
  • The Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement, the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade A Map of the World Trade Organization Law of Domestic Regulation of Goods (70 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Joel P. Trachtman mostly deals with International law, Law and economics, Law, International trade and Globalization. His work carried out in the field of International law brings together such families of science as Liberalization and Human rights. He has researched Law and economics in several fields, including Competition, Jurisdiction, Public economics and State.

His study in Jurisdiction is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Dispute resolution and Proportionality. His International trade study frequently links to adjacent areas such as International economics. His Globalization research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Poverty and Obligation.

He most often published in these fields:

  • International law (48.15%)
  • Law and economics (32.80%)
  • Law (31.75%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?

  • International law (48.15%)
  • Globalization (17.46%)
  • International trade (23.81%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Joel P. Trachtman mainly focuses on International law, Globalization, International trade, Law and economics and Law. His work on Public international law as part of general International law research is often related to Order, thus linking different fields of science. The various areas that Joel P. Trachtman examines in his Globalization study include Obligation, Jurisdiction, Intellectual property, Dispute settlement and Poverty.

In general International trade, his work in Free trade is often linked to Diagonal linking many areas of study. His work deals with themes such as Economic Justice and Politics, which intersect with Law and economics. In most of his Law studies, his work intersects topics such as World trade.

Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • A Map of the World Trade Organization Law of Domestic Regulation of Goods: The Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement, the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (18 citations)
  • WTO Law Constraints on Border Tax Adjustment and Tax Credit Mechanisms to Reduce the Competitive Effects of Carbon Taxes (8 citations)
  • China–Rare Earths : Export Restrictions and the Limits of Textual Interpretation (5 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • China
  • International law

Joel P. Trachtman mainly investigates International law, Law, Law and economics, International economics and International trade. Joel P. Trachtman carries out multidisciplinary research, doing studies in International law and Order. His study in the field of Treaty, Convention and Constitution is also linked to topics like International mobility and Commerce Clause.

His Law and economics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Market failure, Obligation, Globalization, De facto and Human rights. His study focuses on the intersection of International economics and fields such as World trade with connections in the field of Trade barrier, International free trade agreement, Technical barriers to trade and Tax credit. His work on International trade is being expanded to include thematically relevant topics such as Economic migration.

Best Publications

  • Economic Analysis of International Law

    Jeffrey L. Dunoff;Joel P. Trachtman

  • Ruling the World?: Constitutionalism, International Law, and Global Governance

    Jeffrey L. Dunoff;Joel P. Trachtman

  • THE CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW GAME

    George Norman;Joel P. Trachtman

  • Trade and… Problems, Cost-Benefit Analysis and Subsidiarity

    Joel P. Trachtman

  • The Economic Structure of International Law

    Joel P. Trachtman

  • The Constitutions of the WTO

    Joel P. Trachtman

  • Institutional Linkage: Transcending "Trade and . . . "

    Joel P. Trachtman

  • The International Economic Law Revolution

    Joel P. Trachtman

  • The Theory of the Firm and the Theory of the International Economic Organization: Toward Comparative Institutional Analysis

    Joel P. Trachtman

  • The Domain of WTO Dispute Resolution

    Joel P. Trachtman

  • European Constitutionalism and Its Discontents

    J.H.H. Weiler;Joel P. Trachtman

  • The Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement, the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade A Map of the World Trade Organization Law of Domestic Regulation of Goods

    Gabrielle Zoe Marceau;Joel P. Trachtman

  • The Law and Economics of Humanitarian Law Violations in Internal Conflict

    Jeffrey L. Dunoff;Joel P. Trachtman

  • Cyberspace, Sovereignty, Jurisdiction, and Modernism

    Joel Trachtman

  • Bananas, Direct Effect and Compliance

    Joel P. Trachtman

  • THE WTO CATHEDRAL

    Joel P. Trachtman

  • Regulatory competition and regulatory jurisdiction

    JP Trachtman

  • Ruling the World?: A Functional Approach to International Constitutionalization

    Jeffrey L. Dunoff;Joel P. Trachtman

  • Economic Analysis of International Law

    Joel P. Trachtman;Jeffrey L. Dunoff

  • The Political Economy of International Law: A European Perspective

    Alberta Fabbricotti;Anne van Aaken;Anne van Aaken;Joel P. Trachtman;Niels Petersen;Niels Petersen

  • A Map of the World Trade Organization Law of Domestic Regulation of Goods: The Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement, the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Agreement, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

    Gabrielle Zoe Marceau;Joel P. Trachtman

  • The WTO as an International Organization. Edited by Anne O. Krueger. Chicago, London: The University of Chicago Press, 1998. Pp. xvi, 412. Index. $50; £39.95.

    Joel P. Trachtman

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory Shaffer
Gregory Shaffer Georgetown University
Joseph H. H. Weiler
Joseph H. H. Weiler New York University
Jan Wouters
Jan Wouters KU Leuven
Eyal Benvenisti
Eyal Benvenisti Tel Aviv University

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