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1. Introduction and overview 2. Moving towards an international rule of law? The role of the GATT and the WTO in its development Part I. The Role of Law and Lawyers in the GATT System: 1948-92: Infancy: Reflections on the Origins of Legalization in the GATT: 3. We were young together: at the GATT, 1956-58 4. Law and lawyers in the multilateral trading system: back to the future 5. Towards a GATT legal office 6. A short history of the rules division Childhood: the Tokyo Round and the establishment and work of the first legal office: 7. Remembrance of things past: my time at the GATT 8. The first years of the GATT legal service 9. Early dispute settlement in the GATT 10. GATT dispute settlement practices: setting the stage for reform 11. The role of law in international trade relations and the establishment of the Legal Affairs Division of the GATT 12. From the GATT to the WTO: a personal journey 13. The establishment of a GATT Office of Legal Affairs and the limits of 'public reason' in the GATT/WTO dispute settlement system 14. Evolving dispute settlement practice with respect to anti-dumping in the late 1980s and early 1990s Part II. Legal Work After the Entry into Force of the WTO: 1993-95: Adolescence: Transition from the GATT to the WTO: 15. The Legal Affairs Division and law in the Uruguay Round and the GATT 16. Taking care of business: the Legal Affairs Division from the GATT to the WTO 17. From the GATT to the WTO: the expanding duties of the Legal Affairs Division in non-panel matters 18. The WTO Dispute Settlement Body: procedural aspects of its operation Young adult: the WTO as a formal international organisation: 19. Making law in 'new' WTO subject areas: competition policy and government procurement 20. The meat in the sandwich 21. From theory to practice: drafting and applying the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) 22. WTO panel composition: searching far and wide for administrators of world trade justice 23. Legal counsel to the administration: a l