Before 1995, only a handful of arbitrations involved claims under investment treaties. During
the last five years, however, the number of cases has exploded. There are now over sixty …

ARTICLES Page 1 ARTICLES The Arbitration-Litigation Paradox Pamela K Bookman* The
Supreme Court's interpretation of the Federal Arbitration Act is universally touted as favoring …

John Murphy offers an insightful analysis of why the United States does not always accept
the rule of law in international affairs, even though it has made immense contributions to its …

By any standard of measurement, the trial involving O'Keefe and Loewen was a disgrace....
By any standard of evaluation, the trial judge failed to afford Loewen the process that was …

Free trade agreements between developed countries now frequently contain provisions on
investor protection, but the resolution of disputes remains problematic. Chapter 11 of the …

Introduction 2009, in the wake of the global financial crisis, was a bad year for the
International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). In May of that year …

Near the fiftieth anniversary of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
(ICSID), the international organization of the World Bank Group specializing in international …

This article argues that the field of" Federal Courts" scholarship ought to expand to consider
the relations not just between state and federal courts, but also between domestic courts and …

Within the vast literature associated with investor-state arbitration," transparency" tends to
refer to the extent to which the public may be alerted to, gain information about, and perhaps …

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into force on January 1, 1994.1
Its Eleventh Chapter establishes substantive guarantees2 and an arbitral mechanism by …