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Round-up of selected recent publications on international investment law

publication date: Oct 22, 2008
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By Prof. Andrew Newcombe, University of Victoria, Canada

The Argentine Crisis and Foreign Investors: A Glimpse into the Heart of the Investment Regime
José E. Alvarez / Kathryn Khamsi
NYU Institute for International Law and Justice Working Paper 2008/5,
http://www.iilj.org/publications/2008-5Alvarez-Khamsi.asp

Adjudging the Exceptional at International Law: Security, Public Order and Financial Crisis
Jürgen Kurtz, University of Melbourne Law School
NYU Institute for International Law and Justice Working Paper
http://www.iilj.org/publications/2008-6Kurtz.asp


Between Commitment and Flexibility: The Fragile Stability of the International Investment Protection Regime
Anne Van Aaken
U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2008-23
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1269416


"The sociology of international economic law: sociological analysis of the regulation of regional agreements in the world trading system"
Moshe Hirsch
European journal of international law 19 (2, 2008), pp.277-299

"The legal reasoning of ICSID tribunals - an empirical analysis"
Ole Kristian Fauchald
European journal of international law 19 (2, 2008), pp.301-364

Conceptual difficulties in the empirical study of bilateral investment treaties”
Jason Webb Yackee,
33 Brook. J. Int'l L. 405-462 (2008)

The Energy Charter Treaty's investor protection provisions: potential to foster solutions to global warming and promote sustainable development
Edna Sussman
14 ILSA J. Int'l & Comp. L. 391-404 (2008). [L][W]

The Energy Charter Treaty: a overview.
Lucy Reed and Lucy Martinez.
14 ILSA J. Int'l & Comp. L. 405-439 (2008). [L][W]

Regional Trade Agreements and Foreign Direct Investment: Impact of Existing RTAs on FDI and Trade Flows in the Andean Community and Implications of a Hemispheric RTA in the Americas Laura Paez
Swiss Review of International Economic Relations, September 2008

"Addressing the South-South 'Exception' in the World of BITs: The Cases of Latin America and India"
Stephania Bonilla
Indian Journal of International Economic Law. Vol. 1, 2008

"'Back to the Future' for Investor-State Arbitrations: Revising Rules in Australia and Japan to Meet Public Interests"
Luke R. Nottage and Kate Miles
Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 08/62

"Enhancing the Procedural Legitimacy of Investor-State Arbitration Through Transparency and Amicus Curiae Participation"
J. Anthony Vanduzer
McGill Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2007

"A Comparison of Bit and the Investment Chapter of Free Trade Agreement from Policy Perspective"
Chang-Fa Lo
Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 147-170, March 2008

Do We Really Need Bits? Toward a Return to Contract in International Investment Law
Jason Webb Yackee
University of Wisconsin
Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 121-146, March 2008

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