Gus Van Harten is Associate Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. He previously taught at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Investment Treaty Arbitration and Public Law (OUP, 2007). His research examines international and comparative aspects of public law, including procedural aspects of public inquiries and national security confidentiality. He worked previously on the Arar Inquiry, on the Walkerton Inquiry, and as a law clerk at the Ontario Court of Appeal. He received the William Robson Memorial Prize from LSE, a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, an Overseas Research Award from Universities UK, and a Research Award from the Canadian International Development Agency.

Praise for Investment Treaty Arbitration and Public Law Thoroughly engaging, the book provides a thoughtful and critical reflection on the use of international arbitration to resolve regulatory disputes between foreign investors and states... one of the best available and current descriptions of the development of the international treaty regime.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Approaches to Judicial Restraint ; 3. Restraint Based on Relative Accountability ; 4. Restraint Based on Relative Capacity ; 5. Restraint Based on Relative Suitability ; 6. Strict Controllers of Nations

Gus Van Harten is Associate Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. He previously taught at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Investment Treaty Arbitration and Public Law (OUP, 2007). His research examines international and comparative aspects of public law, including procedural aspects of public inquiries and national security confidentiality. He worked previously on the Arar Inquiry, on the Walkerton Inquiry, and as a law clerk at the Ontario Court of Appeal. He received the William Robson Memorial Prize from LSE, a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, an Overseas Research Award from Universities UK, and a Research Award from the Canadian International Development Agency.

Praise for Investment Treaty Arbitration and Public Law Thoroughly engaging, the book provides a thoughtful and critical reflection on the use of international arbitration to resolve regulatory disputes between foreign investors and states... one of the best available and current descriptions of the development of the international treaty regime.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. Approaches to Judicial Restraint ; 3. Restraint Based on Relative Accountability ; 4. Restraint Based on Relative Capacity ; 5. Restraint Based on Relative Suitability ; 6. Strict Controllers of Nations