This Treatise aspires to provide a comprehensive description and analysis of the
contemporary constitutional structure, law, practice and policy of international commercial …

Arbitration has become the dispute resolution method of choice in international transactions.
This book provides the reader with immediate access to understanding the world of …

EMPIRICALLY EVALUATING CLAIMS ABOUT INVESTMENT TREATY ARBITRATION*
Page 1 EMPIRICALLY EVALUATING CLAIMS ABOUT INVESTMENT TREATY …

Governments are facing an increasing number of arbitration claims by foreign investors
relating to important public policies or seeking substantial damages, and many governments …

International arbitrators are exceptionally talented individuals. Most speak multiple
languages. 1 They boast rich and multi-national educations from the world's most …

Arbitration is private but not confidential. This is a paradox to the extent that it is seemingly
contradictory, but states a truth. Arbitration is private in that it is a closed process, but it is not …

In 1977, Oscar Schachter referred to" The Invisible College of International Lawyers" to
describe the elite professional community of professors, students, government officials, civil …

The past twenty years have witnessed a dramatic rise in international adjudication, and
especially in international investment arbitration. As international investment arbitration has …

The number of investment treaties has surged in the past decade. 1 Even now, the United
States2 and Canada3 are actively engaged in programs designed to facilitate the …

* Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska Law College. The author is grateful for
the comments of Susan Poser and Catherine Rogers in the preparation of these remarks …