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220+ Law And Economics Professors Sign Letter Opposing Isds In The Tpp, Columbia Center On Sustainable Investment
220+ Law And Economics Professors Sign Letter Opposing Isds In The Tpp, Columbia Center On Sustainable Investment
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
CCSI helped launch a letter joined by over 220 law and economics professors calling on Congress to oppose the final Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement because that treaty includes the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism. As the letter notes, the ISDS mechanism “threatens to dilute constitutional protections, weaken the judicial branch and outsource our domestic legal system to a system of private arbitration that is isolated from essential checks and balances.” Despite the Obama administration’s claims to have addressed growing concerns about the ISDS system, the final TPP would instead vastly expand the ISDS threat to the rule of law and …
Bg Group And "Conditions" To Arbitral Jurisdiction, Alan Scott Rau, Andrea K. Bjorklund
Bg Group And "Conditions" To Arbitral Jurisdiction, Alan Scott Rau, Andrea K. Bjorklund
Pepperdine Law Review
Although the Supreme Court has over the last decade generated a robust body of arbitration caselaw, its first decision in the area of investment arbitration under a Bilateral Investment Treaty was only handed down in 2014. BG Group v. Argentina was widely anticipated and has attracted much notice, and general approval, on the part of the arbitration community. In this paper we assess the Court’s decision from two different perspectives -- the first attempts to situate it in the discourse of the American law of commercial arbitration; the second considers it in light of the expectations of the international community …
Bg Group V. Republic Of Argentina: A Supreme Misunderstanding Of Investment Treaty Arbitration, Jarrod Wong
Bg Group V. Republic Of Argentina: A Supreme Misunderstanding Of Investment Treaty Arbitration, Jarrod Wong
Pepperdine Law Review
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Book Review: Commentaries On Selected Model Investment Treaties, Jack J. Coe Jr., Ashley K. Puscas
Book Review: Commentaries On Selected Model Investment Treaties, Jack J. Coe Jr., Ashley K. Puscas
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
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