Shrimp-turtle case

https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/envir_e/edis08_e.htm

Students will work in their respective. Your task is to research all the information and documentation on the selected case and use relevant material to answer the five questions mentioned below.

NOTE: each question carries 10 marks.

Q1: Material facts

What are the material facts of the dispute? Describe the case background in clear and succinct business language .

Q2: Issues of Law and policy

What are the issues of law and policy involved in the dispute? Identify the key legal questions that the complainant countries have used to frame their potential rights against the alleged liabilities of the respondent country.

Q3: Rules

What are the rules that govern the legal issues of the dispute? Investigate the key statutes, precedents, legal principles and policies that were used to answer the legal questions of the disputing countries.

Q4: Arguments

What are the arguments that applied the rules to the facts and issues of the dispute? Explain the key arguments of the complaining countries in support of their claims and the counter-arguments of the responding country, as well as final determinations of the judging panel.

Q5: Tentative conclusions

What are your tentative conclusions in relation to the dispute? Critically discuss whether you agree or not with the final determination, and what in your opinion are the long-term implications of the outcome of this dispute for International trading system.