This Article applies the theory of comparative institutional analysis to evaluate the trade-offs
associated with alternative mechanisms for resolving investment disputes. We assess the …

The paper investigates and theorises different forms and patterns of resistance to
international courts (ICs) and develops an analytical framework for explaining their …

Investment treaties are some of the most controversial but least understood instruments of
global economic governance. Public interest in international investment arbitration is …

At the twentieth anniversary of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the WTO's dispute
settlement system is celebrated as one of the organization's biggest achievements. Although …

History is a key context for understanding the authority of the European Court of Human
Rights (ECtHR or Court).'This half-century old international court (IC) has operated in …

International trade law has been oblivious to social inclusion. Although trade is not primarily
to blame for rising inequality and social conflict, it is not wholly innocent either. International …

There is wide variation in the activity and influence of the nearly two dozen international
courts (ICs) currently in existence. What factors lead some ICs to become active and …

Authority is a key concept in politics and law, and it has found greater attention in the global
context in recent years. Most accounts, however, employ a model of 'solid'authority borrowed …

International tribunals confront a “Judicial Trilemma.” More specifically the states that design,
and the judges that serve on, international courts face an interlocking series of tradeoffs …

For all the attention paid to the panelists and Appellate Body of the World Trade
Organization (WTO), the Secretariat plays an overlooked and increasingly important role in …