The objective of this paper is to critically review the case law on public morals exception in the multilateral trading system and argue against the WTO Appellate Body's exceedingly deferential approach to the meaning and identification of public morals in international trade disputes....

Despite the growth of international adjudication in the past few decades, ethical standards for counsel appearing before public international courts and tribunals remain underdeveloped. Today, counsel has scant guidance—as a matter of international norms or law—as to what behavior is...