InFree Trade, Sovereignty, Democracy, Claude E. Barfield describes the constituÂtional flaws in the World Trade Organization that in the future may well raise issues of democratic legitimacy and national sovereignty. While writing as a strong supporter of the multilateral trading system, he argues that the new judicial system established at the end of the Uruguay Round "overshot" and should be replaced with more flexible (less rigid) procedures that foster compromise and conciliation on fundamental and divisive issues of social, environmental, and economic policy. Also, while supporting greater transparency and inclusiveness in WTO proceedings, he challenges demands by corporations on the Right and nongovernmental organizations on the Left for more direct participation and for bypassing national governments in the dispute settlement process.
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