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Inside The Arbitrator's Mind, Susan Franck May 2017

Inside The Arbitrator's Mind, Susan Franck

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Arbitrators are lead actors in global dispute resolution. They are to global dispute resolution what judges are to domestic dispute resolution. Despite its global significance, arbitral decision making is a black box. This Article is the first to use original experimental research to explore how international arbitrators decide cases. We find that arbitrators often make intuitive and impressionistic decisions, rather than fully deliberative decisions. We also find evidence that casts doubt on the conventional wisdom that arbitrators render “split the baby” decisions. Although direct comparisons are difficult, we find that arbitrators generally perform at least as well as, but never …


Conflating Politics And Development? Examining Investment Treaty Arbitration Outcomes, Susan Franck Mar 2014

Conflating Politics And Development? Examining Investment Treaty Arbitration Outcomes, Susan Franck

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International dispute settlement is an area of ongoing evaluation and tension within the international political economy. As states continue their negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the efficacy of international arbitration as a method of dispute settlement remains controversial. Whereas some sing its praises as a method of protecting private property interests against improper government interference, others decry investment treaty arbitration (ITA) as biased against states. The literature has thus far not disentangled how politics and development contribute to investment dispute outcomes. In an effort to control for the effect of internal …


Trade As Guarantor Of Peace, Liberty And Security? The Role Of Peace In The Bretton Woods Institutions, Padideh Ala'i Jan 2005

Trade As Guarantor Of Peace, Liberty And Security? The Role Of Peace In The Bretton Woods Institutions, Padideh Ala'i

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