Executive Summary

[Addendum 29 November 2017 - English translation of the Spanish contribution to this Special Issue] The WTO Dispute Settlement System (DSS) is the international dispute settlement system relying most heavily on the work of trade experts with no prior formal legal training. This article explores three aspects that are considered essential in the understanding of why non-legal actors play such a major role in the system. The article firstly reviews the historical development of DSS panels in the context of the WTO institutional system. It demonstrates how between the ...