Law and Society provides a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the interplay between
law and society using both Canadian and international examples. This clear and readable …

This book explores the persistence of the governance gap with respect to the human rights-
impacting conduct of transnational extractive corporations operating in zones of weak …

The products of mining are everywhere–if it wasn't grown, it was mined or drilled. But the
mining industry has a chequered past. Pollution, human rights abuses, and corruption have …

Substantive Protection under Investment Treaties provides the first systematic analysis of the
consequences of the substantive protections that investment treaties provide to foreign …

International investment law is in transition. Whereas the prevailing mindset has always
been the protection of the economic interests of individual investors, new developments in …

Resource extraction has both direct and indirect impacts on women, and research has
shown that such impacts are differentiated from those on men. Violence against women …

An imperative of international investment law is to ensure the protection of foreign investors
from unfavorable host states' conduct. Stabilization clauses are an essential instrument to …

Providing the first comprehensive examination of the key regulatory disciplines included in
the new generation of EU free trade agreements (FTAs), this book investigates the EU's …

New trade agreements affect how governments can regulate for health both within health
systems and in addressing health protection, promotion and social determinants of health in …

This article aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on post-capitalist economy by exploring
the contours of a sustainability-oriented model of economic governance. To this end, the …