We have published, late last week, a special issue of the Journal of International Dispute Settlement on Empirical Studies on Investment Disputes. I’m nearly always proud of what I do, because the expectations are low to start with, but this thing makes me particularly happy. I think it shows, once again, how much and how easily we lawyers can learn from our neighbours’ disciplines – in this case political science, economics, development studies. That’s also, quite precisely, why we are now extending the overall purview of the journal beyond strict legal approaches, to include relevant areas in the social sciences and humanities. This special issue marks that extension. There’ll be more of it.
To help us make the point, Oxford University Press kindly suggested to make this issue free to read online for a month, starting about now I think.
So here’s what we have in the issue:
Editorial
Special Issue Articles
Towards a New Heuristic Model: Investment Arbitration as a Political System
J Int. Disp. Settlement 2016 7: 3-30
Foreign Investment, Development and Governance: What international investment law can learn from the empirical literature on investment
J Int. Disp. Settlement 2016 7: 31-54
Do BITs ‘Work’? Empirical Evidence from France
J Int. Disp. Settlement 2016 7: 55-71
Diplomats Want Treaties: Diplomatic Agendas and Perks in the Investment Regime
J Int. Disp. Settlement 2016 7: 72-91
Investment Treaties and the Internal Vetting of Regulatory Proposals: A Case Study from Canada
J Int. Disp. Settlement 2016 7: 92-116
Recent Trends in Investor–State Dispute Settlement
J Int. Disp. Settlement 2016 7: 117-135
Political Risk and Investment Arbitration: An Empirical Study*
J Int. Disp. Settlement 2016 7: 136-160
Secrecy in International Investment Arbitration: An Empirical Analysis
J Int. Disp. Settlement 2016 7: 161-182
Inside the Black Box: Collegial Patterns on Investment Tribunals
J Int. Disp. Settlement 2016 7: 183-204
Political Risk Insurance as Dispute Resolution
J Int. Disp. Settlement 2016 7: 205-224
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