Investment Arbitration Reporter

Compiled by Prof. Andrew Newcombe & Cody Olson, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria

Books

Andrea Bianchi & Anne Peters, eds.,  Transparency in International Law (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2013).

R. Doak Bishop & Silvia M. Marchili, Annulment under the ICSID Convention (Oxford University Press, forthcoming November 2012).

Andrea K. Bjorklund & August Reinisch, International Investment Law and Soft Law (Edward Elgar, forthcoming August 2012).

Marc Bungenberg, et al., eds., International Investment Law: A Handbook (Hart, forthcoming September 2012).

David Collins, The BRIC States and Outward Foreign Direct Investment (Oxford University Press, forthcoming January 2013).

Lorenzo Cotula, Human Rights, Natural Resource and Investment Law in a Globalised World: Shades of Grey in the Shadow of the Law (Routledge, October 2011).

Alexandra Diehl, The Core Standard of International Investment Protection (Kluwer Law International, March 2012).

Angelos Dimopoulos, EU Foreign Investment Law (Oxford University Press, December 2011).

Rudolf Dolzer & Christoph Schreuer, Principles of International Investment Law, 2d ed. (Oxford University Press, forthcoming November 2012).

Oliver Dörr & Kirsten Schmalenbach, eds., Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: A Commentary (Springer, April 2012).

R. Echandi & P. Sauvé, eds., Prospects in International Investment Law and Policy (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2012).

Tarcisio Gazzini & Eric De Brabandere, eds., International Investment Law: Sources of Rights and Obligations (Martinus Nijhoff, forthcoming 2012).

Richard Happ & Noah Rubins, Digest of ICSID Awards and Decisions: 1974-2002 (Oxford University Press, forthcoming November 2012).

Hege Elisabeth Kjos, Applicable Law in Investor-State Arbitration: The Interplay Between National and International Law (Oxford University Press, forthcoming January 2013).

Andreas Kulick, Global Public Interest in International Investment Law (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming July 2012).

Ian A. Laird & Todd Weiler, Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Volume 4 (JurisNet, LLC, March 2012).

Martins Paparinskis, Basic Documents on International Investment Protection (Hart, forthcoming June 2012).

Andrés Rigo Sureda, Investment Treaty Arbitration: Judging Under Uncertainty (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming June 2012).

Noah Rubins, Investment Arbitration Decisions (JurisNet, LLC, September 2011).

Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Andrea M. Steingruber, Consent in International Arbitration (Oxford University Press, March 2012).

Surya P. Subedi, International Investment Law: Reconciling Policy and Principle, 2d ed.  (Hart, forthcoming August 2012).

Christian J. Tams & Christian Tietje, eds., Documents in International Economic Law: Trade, Investment, and Finance (Oxford University Press, forthcoming August 2012).

C. Tams & R. Hofmann, eds., International Investment Law and Its Others (Nomos, forthcoming 2012).

Jorge Viñuales, Foreign Investment and the Environment in International Law (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming October 2012).

Tania Voon et al., eds., Public Health and Plain Packaging of Cigarettes: Legal Issues (Edward Elgar, forthcoming September 2012).

Guiguo Wang, Chinese Perspectives on International Investment Law (Routledge, forthcoming February 2013).

J Romesh Weeramantry, Treaty Interpretation in Investment Arbitration (Oxford University Press, March 2012).


Book Chapters

José E. Alvarez & Tegan Brink, "Revisiting the necessity defense: Continental Casualty v. Argentina" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Alberto Alvarez-Jiménez, "The interpretation of necessity clauses in bilateral investment treaties after the recent ICSID annulment decisions" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Alessandra Asteriti, "Waiting for the Environmentalists: Environmental Language in Investment Treaties" in C. Tams & R. Hofmann, eds., International Investment Law and Its Others (Nomos, forthcoming 2012), online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Tony Cole, "Non-Binding Documents and Literature" in Tarcisio Gazzini & Eric De Brabandere, eds., International Investment Law: Sources of Rights and Obligations (Martinus Nijhoff, forthcoming 2012), online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Olivier De Schutter & Peter Rosenblum, "Large-scale investments in farmland: The regulatory challenge" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Persephone Economou & Karl P. Sauvant, "Recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment, 2010" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Katia Fach Gómez, "Ecuador's attainment of the Sumak Kawsay and the role assigned to international arbitration" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Mark Feldman, "The standing of state-owned entities under investment treaties" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Daniel M. Firger & Michael B. Gerrard, "Harmonizing climate change policy and international investment law: Threats, Challenges and opportunities" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Tarcisio Gazzini, "Bilateral Investment Treaties" in Tarcisio Gazzini & Eric De Brabandere, eds., International Investment Law: The Sources of Rights and Obligations (Martinus Nijhoff, forthcoming 2012), online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version). 

O. Thomas Johnson, Jr. & Jonathan Gimblett, "From gunboats to BITs: The evolution of modern international investment law" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Edward G. Kehoe & Paul B. Maslo, "Trends in international investment agreements, 2009/2010. Recent steps in the evolution of bilateral investment treaties and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Ian A. Laird, et al., "International investment law and arbitration: 2010 in review" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Julie A. Maupin, "Transparency in International Investment Law: The Good, the Bad, and the Murky" in Andrea Bianchi & Anne Peters, eds.,  Transparency in International Law (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2013), online: (May 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Benn McGrady, "Implications of Ongoing Trade and Investment Disputes Concerning Tobacco: Philip Morris v. Uruguay" in Tania Voon et al., eds., Public Health and Plain Packaging of Cigarettes: Legal Issues (Edward Elgar, 2012), online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Rahim Moloo & Justin M. Jacinto, "Standards of Review and Reviewing Standards: Public Interest Regulation in International Investment Law" in Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy (Oxford University Press, 2012), online:  (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Michael D. Nolan & Frederic G. Sourgens, "The limits of discretion? Self-judging emergency clauses in international investment agreements" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Parvan Parvanov & Mark Kantor, "Comparing U.S. law and recent U.S. investment agreements: Much more similar than you might expect" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Clint Peinhardt & Todd Allee, "Devil in the details? The investment effects of dispute settlement variation in BITs" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Philippe Pinsolle, "Note on third -party funding and nationality issues in investment arbitration" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Stephan W. Schill & Yun-I Kim, "Sovereign bonds in economic crisis: Is the necessity defense under international law applicable to investor-State relations? A critical analysis of the decision by the German Constitutional Court in the Argentine bondholder cases" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

David Schneiderman, "Revisiting the de-politization of investment disputes" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen, "Investment Treaties and the Globalisation of State Capitalism: Opportunities and Constraints for Host States" in R. Echandi & P. Sauvé, eds., Prospects in International Investment Law and Policy (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2012), online: (May 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Louis T. Wells & Chieko Tsuchiya, "Japanese multinationals in foreign disputes: Do they behave differently, and does it matter for host countries?" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).


Book/Article Reviews

Tony Cole, "Expropriation of Foreign Direct Investments" (Review of Christopher Hajzler, "Expropriation of Foreign Direct Investments: Sectoral Patterns from 1993 to 2006" (2012) 148 Rev. World Econ. 119), online: (8 March 2012) A Canon for Arbitration and Investment Law  (Click here for online version).

Andrew Godwin, "Book review: Chinese Investment Treaties Policies and Practice, by Norah Gallagher & Wenhua Shan" (2010) 12 Austl. J. Asian L. 320.

Julien Topal, "Book review: The Evolving International Investment Regime: Expectations, Realities, Options, ed. by José E. Alvarez, Karl P. Sauvant et al."  (February 2012) 23 Eur. J. Int'l L. 300.


Reports

USCIB, "New ICC Foreign Investment Guidelines Define Investor and Government Roles", online: (21 April 2012) USCIB (Click here for online version).

USCIB, "USCIB Applauds U.S.-EU Investment Principles", online: (10 April 2012) USCIB (Click here for online version).

UNCTAD, "Fair and Equitable Treatment" UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements II, online: (2012) UNCTAD (Click here for online version).

UNCTAD, "Latest Developments in Investor State Dispute Settlement" IIA Issues Note No. 1, April 2012, online: (2012) UNCTAD (Click here for online version).


Articles

Diane Alferez Desierto, "Calibrating Human Rights and Investment in Economic Emergencies: Prospects of Treaty and Valuation Defenses" (September 2012) Manchester J. Int'l Econ. L., online: (May 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Aliyu Hamidu Alkali, "Protection of Foreign Investment through Law and Policy in Nigeria: A Historical Perspective" (2011) 15 Vindobona J. Int'l Comm. L. & Arb. 1.

Gloria Maria Alvarez, "The ICSID Procedure: Mind the Gap" (2011) 10:2 Revista E-mercatoria, online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

José E. Alvarez, "Are Corporations ‘Subjects' of International Law?" (2011) 9 Santa Clara J. Int'l L. 1.

Rachel J. Anderson, "Promoting distributional equality for women: some thoughts on gender and global corporate citizenship in foreign direct investment" (2010) 32 Women's Rts. L. Rep. 1.

Ligia Catherine Arias Barrera, "Lack of Definition of Compensation in International Investment Disputes for Non-Expropriation Claims: Is There an Appropriate Mechanism to Determine It?" (2011) 10:2 Revista E-mercatoria, online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Alessandra Asteriti, "Metalclad, Methanex and Chemtura: 10 Years of Environmental Issues in NAFTA Investment Arbitrations", online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Vivienne Bath, "Foreign Investment, the National Interest and National Security - Foreign Direct Investment in Australia and China" (2012) 34:1 Sydney L. Rev. 5; Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 12/31, online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Perry S. Bechky, "Microinvestment Disputes" Vand. J. Transnat'l L. (forthcoming), online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

S. Bhushan, "Re-Discovering the Role of the Annulment Committee in Shaping International Investment Law Jurisprudence", online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Sadie Blanchard, "State Consent, Temporal Jurisdiction, and the Importation of Continuing Circumstances Analysis into International Investment Arbitration" (2011) 10 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 419, online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Gary Born, "A New Generation of International Adjudication" (January 2012) 61 Duke L.J. 775.

Anatole Boute, "Challenging the Re-Regulation of Liberalized Electricity Prices under Investment Arbitration" (2011) 32 Energy L.J. 497, online: (December 2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Anatole Boute, "Combating Climate Change through Investment Arbitration" (March 2012) 35 Fordham Int'l L. J. 613, online: (2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Julien Chaisse "Promises and Pitfalls of the European Union Policy on Foreign Investment - How Will the New EU Competence of FDI Affect the Emerging Global Regime?" (March 2012) 15 J. Int'l Econ. L. 51.

Seung Wha Chang, "Inherent Power of the Arbitral Tribunal to Investigate Its Own Jurisdiction" (2012) 29:2 J. Int'l Arbitration 171.

Victor Zitian Chen, Ming Sung Kao & Anthony Kuo, "Inward FDI in Taiwan and its Policy Context" (2012) Columbia FDI Profiles, online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Arthur A. Daemmrich, "Stalemate at the WTO: TRIPS, Agricultural Subsidies, and the Doha Round" Harvard Business School BGIE Unit Case No. 711-043, online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Joseph D'Agostino, "Rescuing International Investment Arbitration: Introducing Derivative Actions, Class Actions, and Compulsory Joinder" (2012) 98 Va. L. Rev. 177, online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Eric De Brabandere, "NGOs and the 'Public Interest': The Legality and Rationale of Amicus Curiae Interventions in International Economic and Investment Disputes" (2011) 12:1 Chicago J. Int'l L. 85, online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Constance De la Vega, Alexandra Wong & Amol Mehra, "Holding Businesses Accountable for Human Rights Violations: Recent Developments and Next Steps", Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper, online: (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Kyle D. Dickson-Smith, "Philip Morris v. Australia and the Benefits of the Investor-State Arbitration System", online: (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version). 

Geneviève Dufour, "Le Cas Du Chapitre 11 De L'ALENA: Son Impact Sur La Capacité De L'État D'Agir Pour Le Bien Public Et De Gérer Le Risque (The Impact of Chapter 11 of NAFTA on the State's Ability to Take Decisions in the Public Interest and Manage Risk)" Lex Electronica (forthcoming), online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Patrick Dumberry, "Satisfaction as a Form of Reparation for Moral Damages Suffered by Investors and Respondent States in Investor-State Arbitration Disputes" (2012) J. Int'l Disp. Settlement 1, online: (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Patrick Dunaud & Maria Kostytska, "Declaratory Relief in International Arbitration" (2012) 29:1 J. Int'l Arbitration 18.

Cyril Robert Emery, "Investment Treaties and Arbitration" (2011) 39:3:10-11 DttP: Documents to the People, online: (May 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Luke Engan, "Note: In Search of Necessity: Congruence, Proportionality, and the Least-Restrictive Means in Investor-State Dispute Settlement" (Winter 2012) 43 Geo. J. Int'l L. 495.

Katia Fach Gómez, "Rethinking the Role of Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration: How to Draw the Line Favorably for the Public Interest" (2012) 35 Fordham Int'l L. J. 510, online: (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Patrick B. Fazzone, "The Trans-Pacific Partnership - Towards a Free Trade Agreement of Asia-Pacific?" (Spring 2012) 43 Geo. J. Int'l L. 695.

Michael Feit, "Attribution and the Umbrella Clause - Is There a Way out of the Deadlock?" (Winter 2012) 21 Minn. J. Int'l L. 21.

Julien Fouret & Dany Khayat, "International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Case Law Review" (2012) 11 L. & Practice of Int'l Courts & Tribunals 137.

Javier Garcia Olmedo, "The use of tobacco trademarks versus public health: a new trend in investor-state arbitration" (2012) 15:2 Int'l Arb. L. Rev. 42.

Deborah Gleeson, Kyla Tienhaara & Thomas Alured Faunce, "Challenges to Australia's National Health Policy from Trade and Investment Agreements" (29 February 2012) MJA Online First, online: (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Ioannis Glinavos, "Investors vs. Greece: The Greek 'Haircut' and Investor Arbitration Under BIT's", online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version). 

Mauricio Gomm-Santos, "What's New in Latin American ADR?" (February-April 2012) 67-APR Disp. Resol. J. 10.

Selen Sarisoy Guerin, "Law and Foreign Direct Investment" (December 2011) Institute for European Studies Working Paper No. 4/2011, online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Nicolas Hachez & Jan Wouters, "International Investment Dispute Settlement in the 21st Century: Does the Preservation of the Public Interest Require an Alternative to the Arbitral Model?" Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies Working Paper No. 81, online: (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Christopher Hajzler, "Expropriation of Foreign Direct Investments: Sectoral Patterns from 1993 to 2006" (2012) 148 Rev. World Econ. 119.

Leah D. Harhay, "Investment Arbitration in 2021: A Look to Diversity and Consistency" (2011) 18 Southwestern J. Int'l L. 89.

Caroline Henckels, "Indirect Expropriation and the Right to Regulate: Revisiting Proportionality Analysis and the Standard of Review in Investor-State Arbitration" (March 2012) 15 J. Int'l Econ. L. 223.

Antonio Hierro, "Reducing Time and Costs in ICC International Arbitration Excess Time and Costs of Arbitration: An Incurable Disease?" (2012) 2012:13 Spain Arb. Rev. 37.

Frank Hoffmeister "The European Union and the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes" (March 2012) 11 Chinese J. Int'l L. 77.

Daphna Kapeliuk, "Collegial games: analyzing the effect of panel composition on outcome in investment arbitration" (Spring 2012) 31 Rev. Litig. 267.

Joshua D. H. Karton, "A Conflict of Interests: Seeking a Way Forward on Publication of International Arbitral Awards" (2012) 28 Arbitration Int'l, online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Joshua D. H. Karton, "International Commercial Arbitrators' Approaches to Contractual Interpretation" (2012) Int'l Bus. L. J. / Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales (forthcoming), online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Jan Kleinheisterkamp, "Investment Protection and EU Law: The Intra- and Extra-EU Dimension of the Energy Charter Treaty" (March 2012) 15 J. Int'l Econ. L. 85.

QingJiang Kong, "U.S.-China Bilateral Investment Treaty Negotiations: Context, Focus, and Implications" (March 2012) 7 Asian J. WTO & Int'l Health L. & Pol'y 181.

Markus Krajewski, "Investment Guarantees and International Obligations to Reduce Poverty: A Human Rights Perspective", online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Markus Krajewski, "Investment Law and Public Services", online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Yaraslau Kryvoi, "Counterclaims in Investor-State Arbitration" (2012) 21:2 Minnesota J. Int'l L., online: (January 2012) (Click here for online version).

Julian G. Ku, "The Limits of Corporate Rights under International Law" (Winter 2012) 12 Chi. J. Int'l L. 729.

Peter C. Laidlaw, "Provisional Application of the Energy Charter as Seen in the Yukos Dispute" (2012) 52 Santa Clara L. Rev. 655.

Carolyn B. Lamm & Eckhard R. Hellbeck, "United States: US court vacates BG Group's Investment Treaty award - Argentina v BG Group Plc" (2012) 15:2 Int'l Arb. L. Rev. N14.

Nikos Lavranos, "Is an International Investor-to-State Arbitration System Under the Auspices of the ECJ Possible?", online: (December 2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Barry Leon, Andrew McDougall & Daniel Taylor, "Ontario Court of Appeal Upholds NAFTA Award and Interprets Dallah" (April 2012) 17:1 IBA Arb. News 89.

Barry Leon, Andrew McDougall & John Siwiec, "Canada and investment treaty arbitration: three prominent issues--ICSID ratification, constituent subdivisions, and health and environmental regulation" (2011) 8 S.C. J. Int'l L. & Bus. 63.

Antoine Martin, "Investment Disputes after Argentina's Economic Crisis: Interpreting BIT Non-precluded Measures and the Doctrine of Necessity under Customary International Law" (2012) 29:1 J. Int'l Arbitration 49, online: (May 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Timothy Meyer, "Codifying Custom" (March 2012) 160 U. Pa. L. Rev. 995, online: (November 2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Cameron A. Miles, "Corruption, Jurisdiction and Admissibility in International Investment Claims" (2012) J. Int. Disp. Settlement, online: (27 January 2012) Oxford Journals (Click here for online version).

Ruslan Mirzayev, "International Investment Protection Regime and Criminal Investigations" (2012) 29:1 J. Int'l Arbitration 71.

Andrew D. Mitchell & Tania S. Voon, "Face Off: Assessing WTO Challenges to Australia's Scheme for Plain Tobacco Packaging" (2011) 22:3 Public L. Rev. 218, online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Rahim Moloo & Alex Khachaturian, "The compliance with the law requirement in international investment law" (2011) 34 Fordham Int'l L.J. 1473.

William J. Moon, "Essential Security Interests in International Investment Agreements" J. Int'l Econ. L. (forthcoming), online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Luke R. Nottage, "Consumer Product Safety Regulation and Investor-State Arbitration Policy and Practice after Philip Morris Asia v Australia" (2011) 22:1 & 2 Australian Product Liability Reporter 154; Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 12/26, online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version). 

Luke R. Nottage & Romesh Weeramantry, "Investment Arbitration for Japan and Asia: Five Perspectives on Law and Practice" in V. Bath & L. Nottage, eds., Foreign Investment and Dispute Resolution Law and Practice in Asia (Routledge, 2011); Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 12/27, online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Luke Nottage & J. Romesh Weeramantry, "Investment Arbitration in Asia: Five Perspectives on Law and Practice" (2012) 28:1 Arbitration Int'l 19.

Matthew Parish, "International Courts and the European Legal Order" (February 2012) 23 Eur. J. Int'l L. 141.

Antoinette Pincott, "Guide for Arbitrators on Common Valuation Techniques for Businesses, Ventures and Shares" (April 2012) 17:1 IBA Arb. News 64.

Matthew C. Porterfield, "State Practice and the (Purported) Obligation Under Customary International Law to Provide Compensation for Regulatory Expropriations" (2011) 37 N. Carolina J. Int'l L. & Commercial Regulation 159, online: (December 2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Sergio Puig & Chester W. Brown, "The Secretary-General's Power to Refuse to Register a Request for Arbitration Under the ICSID Convention" ICSID Rev. -Foreign Investment L. J., online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Huan Qi, "The Definition of Investment and Its Development: For the Reference of the Future BIT between China and Canada" (2011) 45 Revue Juridique Themis 541.

Anthea Roberts, "Clash of Paradigms: Actors and Analogies Shaping the Investment Treaty System" (2012) 106 American Journal of International Law (forthcoming), online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Tyler B. Robinson, "The extraterritorial reach of 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 in aid of foreign and international litigation and arbitration" (2011) 22 Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. 135.

Gregorio Salatino, "Overview of Umbrella Clauses" (January 2012) 13 No. 1 Bus. L. Int'l 51.

Mavluda Sattorova, "Defining Investment Under the ICSID Convention and Bits: Of Ordinary Meaning, Telos, and Beyond" (April 2012) Asian J. Int'l L., online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Mavluda Sattorova, "Denial of Justice Disguised?: Investment Arbitration and the Protection of Investors from Judicial Misconduct" (2012) 61 Int'l & Comp. L.Q. 223, online: (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Mavluda Sattorova, "Return to the Local Remedies Rule in European BITs?: Power (Inequalities), Dispute Settlement, and Change in Investment Treaty Law" (2012) 39:2 Legal Issues of Economic Integration 223, online: (May 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Stephan W. Schill, "Illegal Investments in International Arbitration", online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).  

Stephen J. Schnably, "Comment: The Lessons of International Human Rights Law for the Protection of Foreign Investors" (2011) 42:2 U. Miami Inter-American L. Rev., online: (April 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

David Schneiderman, "Investing in Democracy? Political Process and International Investment Law" (Fall 2010) 60 U. Toronto L.J. 909, online: (December 2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Yang Shu-Dong, "Investment Arbitration and China: Investor or Host State?" Vol. 2/2011 Opinio Juris in Comparatione, Paper No. 6, online: (December 2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Danisha Sornum, "An Analysis of Mauritius as an Arbitral Seat for International Commercial and Investment Dispute Resolution", online: (September 2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Andrew B. Steinberg & Charles T. Kotuby, Jr., "Bilateral investment treaties and international air transportation: a new tool for global airlines to redress market barriers" (2011) 76 J. Air L. & Com. 457.

Alec Stone Sweet, "Arbitration and Judicialization" (2011) 1:9 Oñati Socio-Legal Series, online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Daniella Strik, "Investment Protection of Sovereign Debt and Its Implications on the Future of Investment Law in the EU" (2012) 29:2 J. Int'l Arbitration 183.

S. I. Strong, "Collective Arbitration in ICSID Disputes: Abaclat (Formerly Beccara) v Argentine Republic" (April 2012) 17:1 IBA Arb. News 84.

Leon Trakman, "Investor State Arbitration or Local Courts: Will Australia Set a New Trend?" (2012) 46:1 J. World Trade 83; UNSW Law Research Paper No. 2012-1, online: (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Leon Trakman, "The ICSID Under Siege" UNSW Law Research Paper No. 2012-6, online: (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Leon E. Trakman, "The Twenty-First-Century Law Merchant" (Winter 2011) 48 Am. Bus. L.J. 775.

Matthew C. Turk, "Reforming the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to Reduce Rent Seeking and Better Deter Transnational Bribery", online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Valentina S. Vadi, "Global Health Governance at a Crossroads: Trademark Protection v. Tobacco Control in International Investment Law (Winter 2012) 48 Stan. J. Int'l L. 93.

Willem H. Van Boom, "Third-Party Financing in International Investment Arbitration", online: (March 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Kenneth J. Vandevelde, "Model Bilateral Investment Treaties: The Way Forward" (2011) 18 Southwestern J. Int'l L. 307.

J. Anthony VanDuzer, "Mixed Signals: What Recent Developments Tell Us About Canadian Foreign Investment Policy" (2010) 10 Asper Rev. Int'l Bus. & Trade L. 247, online: (November 2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Gus Van Harten, "The (Lack of) Women Arbitrators in Investment Treaty Arbitration" (February 2012) FDI Perspectives, online: (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Roos Van Os & Roeline Knottnerus, "Dutch Bilateral Investment Treaties: A Gateway to ‘Treaty Shopping' for Investment Protection by Multinational Companies", online: (December 2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Armin von Bogdandy & Ingo Venzke, "In Whose Name? An Investigation of International Courts' Public Authority and Its Democratic Justification" (February 2012) 23 Eur. J. Int'l L. 7.

Mark C. Weidemaier, "Reforming Sovereign Lending Practices: Modern Initiatives in Historical Context" UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1996763., online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Brett G. Williams, "The WTO Dispute Over Implementation of the Rulings in the US Cotton Case" Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 12/07, online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Robert Wolfe & Mark Halle, "Did the Protectionist Dog Bark? Transparency, Accountability, and the WTO During the Global Financial Crisis" (March 2011) ENTWINED Policy Report, online: (January 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Jan Wouters, Sanderijn Duquet & Nicolas Hachez, "International Investment Law: The Perpetual Search for Consensus", online: SSRN (Click here for online version).

Jason W. Yackee, "Investment Treaties and Investor Corruption: An Emergent Defense for Host States?" (Spring 2012) 52 Va. J. Int'l L. 723, online: (2011) SSRN (Click here for online version).

Kojo Yelpaala, "Quo Vadis WTO? The Threat of TRIPS and the Biodiversity Convention to Human Health and Food Security" (Spring 2012) 30 Boston U. Int'l L.J. 55.

Hong-Lin Yu & Masood Ahmed, "The new French Arbitration Law: an analysis" (2012) 15:1 Int'l Arb. L. Rev. 20.

Maciej Zachariasiewicz, "Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration: Can It Enhance the Transparency of Investment Dispute Resolution?" (2012) 29:2 J. Int'l Arbitration 205.

Velimir Zivkovic, "Recognition of Contracts as Investments in International Investment Arbitration", online:  (February 2012) SSRN (Click here for online version).


Symposia

"Symposium on international investment law and the European Union" in Karl P. Sauvant, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011 (Oxford University Press, February 2012).

·    Federico Ortino, "Introduction to the Symposium on international investment law and the European Union."

·    Colin Brown & Maria Alcover-Llubià, "The external investment policy of the European Union in the light of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon."

·    Anna De Luca, "New developments on the scope of the EU Common Commercial Policy under the Lisbon Treaty: Investment liberalization vs. investment protection?"

·    Angelos Dimopoulos, "The development of EU trade and investment policies: Drawing lessons form past experiences."

·    Steffen Hindelang, "Member State BITs - There's still (some) life in the old dog yet. Incompatibility of existing Member State BITs with EU law and possible remedies: A position paper."

 

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