New Directions in International Economic Law

Dr. Todd Weiler is an independent counsel and arbitrator. Credited for his creative and engaging style, he is widely recognised as an authority on international investment law and arbitration.Dr. Freya Baetens is assistant professor of public international law at Leiden University, executive council member of the Society of International Economic Law, fellow of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, and consultant in investment arbitration.

• Part One: Where Public Meets PrivateIntroduction, Emmanuel GaillardHuman Rights & Investment Tribunals Jurisprudence Along the Private/Public Divide, Moshe HirschPublic or Private Dispute Settlement? The Culture Clash in Investment Treaty Arbitration and its Impact on the Role of the Arbitrator, Stephan Schill The Transnational Law of Contracts: What It Can and What It Cannot Achieve, Giuditta Cordero MossCodification of the New Lex Mercatoria through the Internet: The TransLex Principles at www.trans-lex.org, Klaus Peter BergerThinking About BITs and BIT Arbitration: The Legitimacy Crisis That Never Was, Devashish KrishanPart Two: Field-Specific ApplicationsIntroduction, Detlev F. VagtsArbitration to Settle Private War-Damage Claims? The Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission Revisited, Hans Van HoutteForeign direct investment for development: the United Nations Code of Conduct and the search for balance in international investment rules, Karl SauvantNegotiated Settlement of Public Infrastructure Disputes, Mark KantorInternational Corporate Social Responsibility and International Law , Peter MuchlinskiThe Legal Landscape of International Energy Investment After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, Robert PritchardInvestor-State Mediation: Reflections on its Feasibility from a Process Perspective, Ximena BustamantePart Three: International Economic Law In A Wider ContextIntroduction, Daniel VockInternational Investment Law Regime and the Rule of Law as a Precondition for International Development, Nicholas J. Birch, Ian Laird, Borzu SabahiAn Historical Analysis of the Function of the Minimum Standard of Treatment in International Investment Law, Todd WeilerStates, Sanctions and Soft Law: An Analysis of Differing Approaches to Business and Human Rights Frameworks, Stephane Brabant, Anna Kirk, Jonathan ProustPositivism, New Haven Jurisprudence, and the Fragmentation of International Law, Tai-Heng ChengBeyond Fragmentation, Andrea Bjorklund, Sophie NappertPart Four Appendices: Transcripts Memorial Symposium for Professor Thomas WäldeAppendix A: Part 1Roundtable on Cross-Cutting Issues on Energy & Natural Resources and DevelopmentCo-Moderated by Arif Ali and Timothy McCrumContributors: William Fox, Elizabeth Bastida, Ibibia Worika, Christian Pielow, Andrey Konoplyanik, Borzu Sabahi, Graham CoopAppendix A: Part 2Roundtable on Cross-Cutting Issues on Energy & Natural Resources and Development, ContinuedCo-Moderated by Arif Ali and Timothy McCrumContributors: William Fox, Elizabeth Bastida, Ibibia Worika, Christian Pielow, Andrey Konoplyanik, Borzu Sabahi, Graham CoopAppendix B: Special Presentation on Foreign Investment and the Work of The UN's Special Representative on Business & Human RightsModerated by Stéphane BrabantContributors: Peter Muchlinski, Lorenzo Cotula , Andrea ShembergAppendix C: Roundtable: What Does the Future Hold for International Arbitration?Moderated by Tim NelsonContributors: Hew Dundas, Bart Legum, Mark Feldman, Sophie NappertAppendix D: Reflections Upon the Idea of International Judicial ReviewModerated by Robert VolteraContributors: Stephan Schill, Ian Laird, Todd Weiler, Klaus ReichertAppendix E: Roundtable on the Question of Convergence in International LawModerated by Kaj HoberAppendix F: Closing RemarksPhilip Andrews-Speed