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View article: Seeing Santurbán through ISDS: A sociolegal case study of <i>Eco Oro</i> v. <i>Colombia</i>
Seeing Santurbán through ISDS: A sociolegal case study of <i>Eco Oro</i> v. <i>Colombia</i> Open
This article aims to enrich the emerging, multi-coloured tapestry of ‘international law in context’ through a study of how international economic law operates in complex investment-related disputes. Focusing on the Eco Oro v. Colombia inve…
View article: Investment Treaty Law and Matters of Recognition: Locating the Concerns of Local Communities
Investment Treaty Law and Matters of Recognition: Locating the Concerns of Local Communities Open
This article reconsiders the political economy of investment treaty law. It starts by focusing on the broad consensus of investors, capital-exporting and capital-importing countries, and international organizations. These constituencies di…
View article: Governing Global Capitalism: A Lawyer's Perspective
Governing Global Capitalism: A Lawyer's Perspective Open
In April 1959, editor-in-chief of Time magazine, Henry Luce, spoke vehemently to the World Congress of the International Chamber of Commerce, encouraging business leaders “to unite [their] energies on something which is really fundamental—…
View article: Bridging the Gap between Foreign Investor Rights and Obligations: Towards Reimagining the International Law on Foreign Investment
Bridging the Gap between Foreign Investor Rights and Obligations: Towards Reimagining the International Law on Foreign Investment Open
This article proposes to see the history of the international law on foreign investment as about the promotion of investor rights as much as the resistance to investor obligations. The argument is that the divide between investment protect…
View article: Introduction to the Symposium on International Economic Law and Its Others
Introduction to the Symposium on International Economic Law and Its Others Open
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View article: Imagining Alternatives? Latin American Scholarship on International Economic Law and the Global Economic Order
Imagining Alternatives? Latin American Scholarship on International Economic Law and the Global Economic Order Open
This Article analyzes the role of Latin American international economic law scholarship within the global economic order. Many of the problems that Latin Americans face today relate to the global economy, such as labor conditions, access t…
View article: Speed, law and the global economy: How economic acceleration contributes to inequality and precarity
Speed, law and the global economy: How economic acceleration contributes to inequality and precarity Open
The law is implicated in many of the relations that produce inequality and precarity in the global economy. It contributes in different ways to the unequal bargaining power between states, capital, and labour. One way that has attracted le…
View article: Research Handbook on Critical Legal Theory
Research Handbook on Critical Legal Theory Open
By purporting to depoliticize markets, international economic law complicates solutions to precarity and inequality within and between states and regions. Separating out markets from ordinary politics, the novel legal orders of trade and i…
View article: The “Invisible” Local Communities: Foreign Investor Obligations, Inclusiveness, and the International Investment Regime
The “Invisible” Local Communities: Foreign Investor Obligations, Inclusiveness, and the International Investment Regime Open
International investment law is relational. It is about how we define and govern the relationship between the actors involved in and affected by foreign investment projects. Most international investment law literature confirms the relatio…
View article: Strengthening multi-stakeholder cooperation in the international investment regime: The Brazilian model
Strengthening multi-stakeholder cooperation in the international investment regime: The Brazilian model Open
The rule of law and dispute avoidance and settlement may not be enough to turn FDI into a means to the realization of the SDGs. Multi-stakeholder dialogue and cooperation should also be a central aspect of any institutional design. In this…
View article: UNCTAD’s World Investment Reports 1991–2015: 25 Years of Narratives Justifying and Balancing Foreign Investor Rights
UNCTAD’s World Investment Reports 1991–2015: 25 Years of Narratives Justifying and Balancing Foreign Investor Rights Open
This article examines an influential narrative of foreign investor rights and the international investment regime. It draws on twenty-five of the World Investment Reports ( WIR s) issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Develo…
View article: The Emerging Global Right to Investment: Understanding the Reasoning behind Foreign Investor Rights
The Emerging Global Right to Investment: Understanding the Reasoning behind Foreign Investor Rights Open
The international investment regime is probably the most controversial area of international law today. This article argues that looking at the interpretation of foreign investor rights can help us to better understand this regime and the …
View article: Foreign Investors and the Colombian Peace Process
Foreign Investors and the Colombian Peace Process Open
The International Investment Regime ( iir ) materialises in international arbitral tribunals that protect the rights of foreign investors. Could these tribunals hamper the implementation of exceptional measures agreed to end armed conflict…
View article: The international investment regime and local populations: are the weakest voices unheard?
The international investment regime and local populations: are the weakest voices unheard? Open
The laws that govern the allocation and use of resources can not only annihilate individual property rights but also destroy community. Locals’ participation in decisions about property is therefore vital. This article argues that local po…
View article: International Investment Law, Development and Sovereignty: No Harm?
International Investment Law, Development and Sovereignty: No Harm? Open
Since the 1990s, foreign investment has been presented as a strong means for development. Foreign investment serves to climb the value ladder, bridge the investment gap, and maintain a ‘maxim effective utilization of economic resources.’ Y…
View article: The International Investment Regime After the Global Crisis of Neoliberalism: Rupture or Continuity?
The International Investment Regime After the Global Crisis of Neoliberalism: Rupture or Continuity? Open
This article aims to show that the tools being used to recalibrate the international investment regime, in particular proportionality and corporate social responsibility, constitute continuity rather than rupture with neoliberalism and neo…