Thursday, February 18, 2016

New Issue: Journal of International Dispute Settlement

The latest issue of the Journal of International Dispute Settlement (Vol. 7, no. 1, March 2016) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Issue: Empirical Studies on Investment Disputes
    • Cédric Dupont & Thomas Schultz, Towards a New Heuristic Model: Investment Arbitration as a Political System
    • Jonathan Bonnitcha, Foreign Investment, Development and Governance: What international investment law can learn from the empirical literature on investment
    • Jason Webb Yackee, Do BITs ‘Work’? Empirical Evidence from France
    • Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen & Emma Aisbett, Diplomats Want Treaties: Diplomatic Agendas and Perks in the Investment Regime
    • Gus Van Harten & Dayna Nadine Scott, Investment Treaties and the Internal Vetting of Regulatory Proposals: A Case Study from Canada
    • Rachel L. Wellhausen, Recent Trends in Investor–State Dispute Settlement
    • Cédric Dupont, Thomas Schultz, & Merih Angin, Political Risk and Investment Arbitration: An Empirical Study*
    • Emilie M. Hafner-Burton & David G. Victor, Secrecy in International Investment Arbitration: An Empirical Analysis
    • Todd Tucker, Inside the Black Box: Collegial Patterns on Investment Tribunals
    • Clint Peinhardt & Todd Allee, Political Risk Insurance as Dispute Resolution