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Foreign Direct Investment, Investment Treaty Arbitration, And The Rule Of Law, Susan Franck
Foreign Direct Investment, Investment Treaty Arbitration, And The Rule Of Law, Susan Franck
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In the last decade, there has been a surge in the number of multi-lateral and bilateral investment treaties governments have signed; meanwhile there have been dramatic increases in the amount of foreign direct investment (FDI); and, more recently, the number of claims brought under investment treaties has spiked. This Article examines the relationship amongst these factors and is the first to review the emerging empirical economic literature investigating whether investment treaties achieve their goal of promoting FDI. The Article then specifically evaluates the impact that the procedural right to arbitrate investment claims plays in the process of promoting FDI and …
The Trial Of Lindy And Michael Chamberlain ('The Dingo Trial'), Douglas O. Linder
The Trial Of Lindy And Michael Chamberlain ('The Dingo Trial'), Douglas O. Linder
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On August 17, 1980, at a campsite near Australia's famous Ayer's Rock, a mother's cry came out of the dark: My God, my God, the dingo's got my baby! Soon the people of an entire continent would be choosing sides in a debate over whether the cry heard that night marked an astonishing and rare human fatality caused by Australia's wild dogs or was, rather, in the words of the man who would eventually prosecute her for murder, a calculated, fanciful lie. A jury of nine men and three women came to believe the latter story and convicted Lindy Chamberlain …