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12 Trade L. & Dev. i (2020)

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Radhika Parthasarthy & Ipsiata Gupta,
Trade, Law & Development: A Year in Review
12(1) TRADE L. & DEV. i (2020)
TRADE, LAW & DEVELOPMENT: A YEAR IN REVIEW
I.    INTRODUCTION
Every year the Editorial Team undertakes a two-pronged editorial journey. First,
we publish a General Issue in the winter, which contains articles across an
assortment of topics in the field of international trade and economic law; and
second, we publish a Special Issue, which covers a specific area of law and is
focused on delving into a nuanced study of its various aspects. In this regard, we
are pleased to bring to you the twelfth edition of our Special Issue which is
dedicated to Trade in Services.
There are several unique challenges to compiling a Special Issue that we as a Board
face to ensure the quality of publication that we strive for. At the end of the day,
the Journal aims to meet its commitment of providing contemporary academic
literature that contributes innovatively to the legal debates in its respective area of
law. Selecting the theme, we realised, is an underrated, but pivotal part of this
process. The Journal therefore follows a uniquely democratic process for the
adoption of this theme. We begin by inviting individual proposals from each
Editor on the Board. It is an exercise that takes into consideration the involvement
and vision of each member on the Board. After all the proposals are made, we
conduct a transparent voting process where each Editor votes for a particular
theme and cites reasons for their choice. The criteria that the Editors take into
considerations are relevancy of the theme, availability of authors, the scope of the
theme and lastly the freshness of the idea. Once the votes are tabulated, a theme is
finally selected. Pursuant to discussions spanning over two weeks, around twenty-
five proposals and an intense vote later, the Board selected 'Trade in Services: A
Ho/istic Solution to New Found Issues in Trade Law?' as the theme for this year. We
pride ourselves on this process as it ensures the participation and involvement of
the entire editorial team and ensures that we settle on the best theme possible.
Trade in Services was an area of law that the whole Board was excited to work on.
What is noteworthy is also how relevant this theme became as we were publishing
this Issue due to the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic infused
a new aspect to the international service market. The Board, at the outset, hopes
that its readers are keeping well and would like to express its gratitude and respect
for those providing health services worldwide. As enthralled as we are to present
to you the result of our hard work, we are also deeply aware of how human beings

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