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Reforming International Investment Law: Justice And Good Governance, Frank Garcia Sep 2015

Reforming International Investment Law: Justice And Good Governance, Frank Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

Presentation on international investment law.


Theater, Law & Democracy As Living Speech: Reflections On The Work Of James Boyd White, Frank Garcia Sep 2015

Theater, Law & Democracy As Living Speech: Reflections On The Work Of James Boyd White, Frank Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

Presentation at a colloquium sponsored by the Boston College Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy.


Reforming The Bit Regime: Lessons From International Trade Law, Frank Garcia Aug 2015

Reforming The Bit Regime: Lessons From International Trade Law, Frank Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

Presentation about reforming the bilateral investment treaties (BIT) regime.


Capital In The Twenty-First Century. By Thomas Piketty [Book Review], Frank Garcia Mar 2015

Capital In The Twenty-First Century. By Thomas Piketty [Book Review], Frank Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

No abstract provided.


Theories Of Justice And Wto Adjudication, Frank Garcia Jan 2015

Theories Of Justice And Wto Adjudication, Frank Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

A lecture and discussion concerning the role that theories of justice could play in resolving difficult WTO cases.


Reforming International Investment Law: Lessons From International Trade Law, Frank Garcia Jan 2015

Reforming International Investment Law: Lessons From International Trade Law, Frank Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

An outline of reform proposals to the international investment regime based on lessons learned from the international trade law legitimacy crisis of the '90s. Also presented on this topic at the Monash University Law Faculty Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies Centre in Clayton, Australia on August 19, 2015.


Reforming The International Investment Regime: Lessons From International Trade Law, Frank Garcia, Lindita Ciko, Apurv Gaurav Dec 2014

Reforming The International Investment Regime: Lessons From International Trade Law, Frank Garcia, Lindita Ciko, Apurv Gaurav

Frank J. Garcia

International trade law underwent a profound paradigm shift during the 1990’s and into the 21st century as a response to globalization, and to a legitimacy crisis sparked by unresolved structural issues from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) era and tensions surfacing in GATT case law around ‘trade and’ issues. Investment law today is undergoing a similar legitimacy crisis for similar reasons, particularly with respect to Bilateral Investment Treaties and investor–State arbitration. We argue that investment law is ripe for a similar paradigm shift, away from the dominant view of investment law as a private ordering system to …


Globalization’S Law: Transnational, Global Or Both?, Frank J. Garcia Dec 2014

Globalization’S Law: Transnational, Global Or Both?, Frank J. Garcia

Frank J. Garcia

No abstract provided.