When the skin of an Australian platypus was first taken to England in the 1700s, scientists
thought it was a fake. It looked like someone had sewn a duck's bill onto a beaver's body; …

Investment treaties are some of the most controversial but least understood instruments of
global economic governance. Public interest in international investment arbitration is …

Since the 1990s, conflicts within international law on foreign investment have arisen as a
result of several competing interests. The neoliberal philosophy ensured inflexible …

As the future of international law has become a growing site of struggle within and between
powerful states, debates over the history of international law have become increasingly …

Foreign investors have a privileged position under investment treaties. They enjoy strong
rights, have no obligations, and can rely on a highly efficient enforcement mechanism …

This article responds to the growing risk of Investor–State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) claims
arising from states' measures to mitigate climate change, such as fossil fuel phase-outs. It …

Almost fifty years have passed since the adoption of the Convention Concerning the
Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (the UNESCO World Heritage …

For decades, parties, practitioners and policymakers have believed arbitration to be the best
if not only realistic means of resolving cross-border business disputes. However, the …

The regulation of domestic economic activities was traditionally a matter of a state's
regulatory power, subject mostly to domestic legal and political constraints. International …

Arbitration is an important alternative to litigation in the United States, particularly in
consumer, employment, and securities disputes.'But arbitration's role in domestic dispute …