States' efforts to reform the international investment regime have triggered an arbitral
backlash. In response to shortcomings of earlier investment agreements, states concluded a …

Investor-state arbitration (ISA) has become the defining feature of international investment
law. ISA dominates public discussions and policy debates that accompany the negotiation of …

F unctionalist analysis is now the controlling approach for assessing which non-state actors
enjoy limited international legal personality, and thus whether they have the capacity for …

This title was first published in 2002: Focusing on the central issues of the contemporary
trade-environment-social cohesion debate, this compelling book analyzes the social and …

Abstract Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement requires governments to
treat foreign investors the same as domestic investors, to afford them international standards …

Die Beilegung internationaler Streitigkeiten in einem rechtlich geordneten Verfahren ist ein
altes Thema in der Geschichte des internationalen Systems. Schon im Mittelalter und später …

During the 1990s, methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) was the preferred oxygenate additive
for California gasoline refiners striving to meet US and California fuel standards intended to …

Environmental laws and regulations can have important effects on economic behaviour, so
the liberalised investment regime of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) …

Abstract The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) includes a chapter
devoted to investment in North America, as it was the case with the North American Free …

Este artículo analiza las principales posturas respecto al sistema de solución de
controversias inversionista-Estado o investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) en Estados …