In 2008, foreign investment matters reached the incredible amount of US $1.7 trillion. 1
During 2010, international companies such as Enron Corp., Siemens AG, Royal Dutch Shell …

International studies investigate the governance authority of state versus non-state actors in
terms of their public or private authority. However, the public–private distinction does not …

Intellectual property (IP) rights are entering a new, yet largely under-studied era in which
multinational companies challenge domestic as well as international laws and regulations …

By the spring of 1875, tales of Black Hills gold had brought hundreds of miners up the
Missouri River.... Alarmed by the white men's gold craze and the Army's failure to protect …

The adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights represents a
watershed moment in the business and human rights movement. Nevertheless, despite its …

Although the areas of intellectual property rights and protection of foreign investments have
coexisted peacefully for decades, they are now on a collision course. Phillip Morris and Eli …

In 1944, the close of the Second World War brought together world leaders in Bretton Woods
in an effort to create a new world order. Conscious of the contribution that economic …

The current international investment law system is insufficiently compatible with sustainable
development. To better address sustainable development concerns associated with …

Sociologists of law have long emphasized that law is rooted in communities, and laws are
considered by these scholars as expressive types of those communities. Sociological …

The notion of corporations considering community interests is not new. As early as 1905,
Roosevelt highlighted the need for corporations to align their interests with those of …