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The Nature And Enforcement Of Investor Rights Under Investment Treaties: Do Investment Treaties Have A Bright Future, Susan Franck Oct 2005

The Nature And Enforcement Of Investor Rights Under Investment Treaties: Do Investment Treaties Have A Bright Future, Susan Franck

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

The number of investment treaties has surged in the past decade. Even now, the United States and Canada are actively engaged in programs designed to facilitate the completion of multilateral treaties such as the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs). These investment treaties act like economic bills of rights, which grant foreign investors substantive protections and procedural rights to facilitate investment. Sovereigns, meanwhile, may benefit from these treaties by obtaining increased foreign direct investment, which may promote the development of their country's infrastructure 6 and offer citizens basic services including access to clean water, …


The Carbon Emissions Market Bottoms Out In One South African Community, Rachael Moshman Jan 2005

The Carbon Emissions Market Bottoms Out In One South African Community, Rachael Moshman

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Vivendi-Argentina Water Dispute: Icsid Creates New Arbitration Tribunal To Hear The Longest Running Case On Its Docket, Malissa Khumprakob Jan 2005

The Vivendi-Argentina Water Dispute: Icsid Creates New Arbitration Tribunal To Hear The Longest Running Case On Its Docket, Malissa Khumprakob

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


International Environmental Law, The Public's Health, And Domestic Environmental Governance In Developing Countries , William Onvizu Jan 2005

International Environmental Law, The Public's Health, And Domestic Environmental Governance In Developing Countries , William Onvizu

American University International Law Review

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The Challenge Of Battling Privatization: A Case Study Of Swedish Water Companies, Erin Webreck Jan 2005

The Challenge Of Battling Privatization: A Case Study Of Swedish Water Companies, Erin Webreck

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


World News , Kevin Gallagher, Rachael Moshman, Chris Mcchesney, Kelly Rain Jan 2005

World News , Kevin Gallagher, Rachael Moshman, Chris Mcchesney, Kelly Rain

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Facing Arbitration For Environmental Regulation: Arbitration Under Chapter 11 Of The North American Free Trade Agreement Between Methanex Corporation And The United States Of America , Rekha Rao Jan 2005

Facing Arbitration For Environmental Regulation: Arbitration Under Chapter 11 Of The North American Free Trade Agreement Between Methanex Corporation And The United States Of America , Rekha Rao

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Improving Water Governance Through Increased Public Access To Information And Participation, Karin M. Krchnak Jan 2005

Improving Water Governance Through Increased Public Access To Information And Participation, Karin M. Krchnak

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editors' Note, Melanie Nakagawa, Kirk Herbertson Jan 2005

Editors' Note, Melanie Nakagawa, Kirk Herbertson

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Volume 5 Issue 2 , Sustainable Development Law & Policy Jan 2005

Volume 5 Issue 2 , Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Business Responses To Climate Change Overview Of This Issue , Perry Wallace Jan 2005

Business Responses To Climate Change Overview Of This Issue , Perry Wallace

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Accelerating Towards Climate Neutrality With U.S Government Stuck In Neutral: The Emerging Role Of U.S Businesses, Cities, States, And Universities In Aggressively Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Dan Worth Jan 2005

Accelerating Towards Climate Neutrality With U.S Government Stuck In Neutral: The Emerging Role Of U.S Businesses, Cities, States, And Universities In Aggressively Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Dan Worth

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Financial Service Industry And Climate Change: Insurance And Reinsurance, Cari Shiffman Jan 2005

The Financial Service Industry And Climate Change: Insurance And Reinsurance, Cari Shiffman

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Commercial Contributions To The Climate Change Regime: Who's Regulating Whom? , Stephen Tully Jan 2005

Commercial Contributions To The Climate Change Regime: Who's Regulating Whom? , Stephen Tully

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Prototype Carbon Fund: A New Departure In International Trusts And Securities Law, Sophie Smyth Jan 2005

The Prototype Carbon Fund: A New Departure In International Trusts And Securities Law, Sophie Smyth

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Keeping It Private, Going Public: Assessing, Monitoring, And Disclosing The Global Warming Performance Of Project Finance, Julia Philpott Jan 2005

Keeping It Private, Going Public: Assessing, Monitoring, And Disclosing The Global Warming Performance Of Project Finance, Julia Philpott

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Inuit Circumpolar Conference V. Bush Administration: Why The Arctic Peoples Claim The United States' Role In Climate Change Has Violated Their Fundamental Human Rights And Threatens Their Very Existence, Juliette Niehuss Jan 2005

Inuit Circumpolar Conference V. Bush Administration: Why The Arctic Peoples Claim The United States' Role In Climate Change Has Violated Their Fundamental Human Rights And Threatens Their Very Existence, Juliette Niehuss

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


World News, Jane Garrido, Catherine Landers, Cari Shiffman Jan 2005

World News, Jane Garrido, Catherine Landers, Cari Shiffman

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Editors' Note, Kelly Rain, Kirk Herbertson Jan 2005

Editors' Note, Kelly Rain, Kirk Herbertson

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Bridging The Gap: How The Millennium Development Goals Are Uniting The Fight Against Global Poverty, Kemal Dervis Jan 2005

Bridging The Gap: How The Millennium Development Goals Are Uniting The Fight Against Global Poverty, Kemal Dervis

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Volume 6 Issue 1, Sustainable Development Law & Policy Jan 2005

Volume 6 Issue 1, Sustainable Development Law & Policy

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Post-Conflict Convergence Of Development Planning: Implementation Of The Sustainable Development Related Millennium Development Goals In Afghanistan, Belinda Bowling, Asif Ali Zaidi Jan 2005

Post-Conflict Convergence Of Development Planning: Implementation Of The Sustainable Development Related Millennium Development Goals In Afghanistan, Belinda Bowling, Asif Ali Zaidi

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Education As A Lynchpin Of Development: Legal And Policy Considerations In The Formation Of The Education For All- Fast Track Initiative Catalytic Trust Fund , Sophie Smyth, Anna Triponel Jan 2005

Education As A Lynchpin Of Development: Legal And Policy Considerations In The Formation Of The Education For All- Fast Track Initiative Catalytic Trust Fund , Sophie Smyth, Anna Triponel

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Promoting Gender Equality Through Global Education Targets- The Third Millennium Development Goal, Nisha Thakker Jan 2005

Promoting Gender Equality Through Global Education Targets- The Third Millennium Development Goal, Nisha Thakker

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The Millennium Challenge Account: A Critical Look At The Newly Focused Development Approach And Its Potential Impact On The U.S Agency For International Development , Melanie Nakagawa Jan 2005

The Millennium Challenge Account: A Critical Look At The Newly Focused Development Approach And Its Potential Impact On The U.S Agency For International Development , Melanie Nakagawa

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Protecting Children And Their Mothers: The Millennium Development Goals Push Lofty Heath Targets, Frank Pigott Jan 2005

Protecting Children And Their Mothers: The Millennium Development Goals Push Lofty Heath Targets, Frank Pigott

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Targets, Timetables, And Effective Implementing Mechanisms: Necessary Building Blocks For Sustainable Development, John C. Dernbach Jan 2005

Targets, Timetables, And Effective Implementing Mechanisms: Necessary Building Blocks For Sustainable Development, John C. Dernbach

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Access To Justice And The Right To Adequate Food: Implementing Millennium Development Goal One, Marc J. Cohen, Mary Ashby Brown Jan 2005

Access To Justice And The Right To Adequate Food: Implementing Millennium Development Goal One, Marc J. Cohen, Mary Ashby Brown

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


Making Law Work: Environmental Compliance & Sustainable Development By Durwood Zaelke, Donald Kaniaru, And Eva Kružíková Cameron May Ltd., 2005, Cari Shiffman Jan 2005

Making Law Work: Environmental Compliance & Sustainable Development By Durwood Zaelke, Donald Kaniaru, And Eva Kružíková Cameron May Ltd., 2005, Cari Shiffman

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.


The End Of Poverty: Economic Possibilities For Our Time By Jeffrey Sachs Penguin Press, 2005, Elizabeth Hahn Jan 2005

The End Of Poverty: Economic Possibilities For Our Time By Jeffrey Sachs Penguin Press, 2005, Elizabeth Hahn

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.