Friday, November 18, 2011

Van Harten: Reform of Investor-State Arbitration: A Perspective from Canada

Gus Van Harten (York Univ. - Osgoode Hall Law School) has posted Reform of Investor-State Arbitration: A Perspective from Canada. Here's the abstract:
The article presents a model for reform of investor-state arbitration aimed at enhancing institutional safeguards of independence in the system. The model is based on the person-to-government adjudicative mechanism in Canada's Agreement on Internal Trade. The article also summarizes the win-loss record of Canada and of Canadian investors in investor-state arbitration.