Culture and legal culture : a semiotic approach - Legal culture as a system of signification - Legal culture as communication - Diplomatic discourse - Legal-diplomatic discourse - The power of legal-diplomatic discourse - From GATT to the WTO : regulating international trade - The WTO dispute settlement system and the influence of the decision-making instances of the Dispute Settlement Body - The choice of meaning in discourse - The authors of legal-diplomatic discourse : interpreters and intentions - The decision-making discourse of the Appellate Body : treaties and dictionaries as referents