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

In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, the long-held confidence that
'nationality'would not matter in a globalised economy has dwindled. As the impact of …

Challenging the classic narrative that sovereign states make the law that constrains them,
this book argues that treaties and other sources of international law form only the starting …

Today, investor-state arbitration embodies the worst fears of those concerned about
runaway globalization-a far cry from its framers' intentions. Why did governments create a …

Using the international investment regime as its point of departure, the article applies
notions of bounded rationality to the study of economic diplomacy. Through a multimethod …

The vast majority of all international judicial decisions have been issued since 1990. This
increasing activity of international courts over the past two decades is one of the most …

Los conflictos entre la ley de inversión extranjera y el derecho ambiental son cada vez más
frecuentes. Por un lado, el aumento de la regulación ambiental plantea retos importantes …

Few international legal fields have seen an increase in literature over the past decade as
steep as international investment law. This reflects the growing interest in practice and …

It is now conventional wisdom to see the great policy challenges of the 21st century as
inherently transnational. It is equally common to note the failures of the international …

Given that their main function is to forge durable commitments, it is notable that many
international treaties change over time through the practice of renegotiation. While some …