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Gus van harten professor of law osgoode hall law school of york university toronto, canada note. A clean break is needed to restore trust, but these stiff tests must be met. As a result, investment arbitration is a vehicle for the exercise of sovereign authority and a site for contesting sovereign choices. When legal experts finally saw the terms of the investment deal canada had signed with china, they could hardly believe. Associate professor osgoode hall law school, york university. Sitting on the bedside table at the house i was staying at, the book made for some light bedtime reading. Read sold down the yangtze canadas lopsided investment deal with china by gus van harten available from rakuten kobo.
Administrative law cases, text, and materials by evans, j. First, it examines whether investment treaties are a means to encourage foreign direct investment and concludes that this expectation is contradicted by common provisions in investment treaties and is unsupported by the. Investment arbitrators rely on sovereignty for their legal status just. He is the author of investment treaty arbitration and public law oup, 2007.
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It also discusses other legal contexts for judicial restraint. Controversially asks whether private arbitrators rather than tenured judges should adjudicate on matters of public law. It outlines four broad approaches to adjudicative restraint. Gus van harten is a professor at osgoode hall law school. Cases, text, and materials 9781552392348 by gus van harten and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
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A framework for reform of the system is proposed, involving the establishment by likeminded states of an international judicial body to. Canadas lopsided investment deal with china lorimer, 2015. Sovereign choices and sovereign constraints gus van harten. Van hartens books include investment treaty arbitration and public law oup, 2007. This post is the first of a series on the canadachina investment straitjacket. Columbia fdi perspectives perspectives on topical foreign. A comprehensive, critical and competent treatment of important aspects of bilateral investment treaties, particularly their provision of investorstate dispute settlement mechanism, at a time when the current regime has come in for severe contestation on social, economic and environmental grounds, by governments and civil society organisations in both developed and developing countries, and. He is best known for his work with the montreal band the stills, with credits for production, mixing, writing and arranging three albums and one ep with the band. Columbia university columbia center on sustainable investment, columbia university columbia center on sustainable investment, columbia university, grotius centre for international legal studies, leiden law school, peter g. This is a listing in alphabetical order of all of the authors that we currently list. This discussion paper elaborates on five serious flaws with proposals for investorstate dispute settlement isds in proposed europeunited states and europecanada trade deals known by the acronyms ttip and ceta. Sold down the yangtze ebook by gus van harten 9781459410732.
Gus van harten gus van harten is a professor at osgoode hall law school, having taught previously at the london school of economics. He is coeditor of the journal administrative law cases and materials. A report on the flawed proposals for investorstate dispute. Investment treaty arbitration and public law oxford scholarship.
Gus van harten has released a report warning that trade deals like nafta, the pending transpacific partnership tpp, and other trade and. Gus van harten abstract the recent explosion of investment treaty arbitration marks a major transformation of both international and public law, above all because of the manner in which states have delegated core powers of the courts to private arbitrators. His books include investment treaty arbitration and public law oxford university press, 2007. Investment treaty arbitration and public law oxford.
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His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures, in particular homosexuality. This book investigates and evaluates the decisionmaking record and policy trajectory of international investment arbitration, from theoretical, doctrinal, and empirical perspectives. May 15, 2015 the thoroughly researched, rigorous argument of sold down the yangtze broadcasts a troubling global trend, while offering hope and practical steps for a better, more informed future. Gus van harten joined the faculty in january, 2008 and teaches administrative law, international investment law, and governance of the international financial system. Gus van hartens research works cuny graduate center. The recent explosion of investment treaty arbitration marks a revolutionary change in both international and public law, above all because it demonstrates how states have unwittingly privatized key powers of the courts in public law. Previously he was a fac ulty member in the law department of. Harper oks potentially unconstitutional chinacanada fipa deal, coming into force october 1. The boom in parallel claims in investment treaty arbitration. Its by gus van harten, a professor at osgoode hall law school of york university in toronto, canada, and a wellknown commentator on trade law and policy. Sovereign choices and sovereign constraints ebook by gus. In 2015, osgoode hall law professor gus van harten released his book on the canadachina foreign investment promotion and protection agreement fipa and on investment treaty arbitration, as an iiapp selfpublication. Investment treaty arbitration and public law oxford monographs in.
The book outlines investment treaty arbitration as a public law system and demonstrates how the system goes beyond all other forms of. Apr 11, 2017 sds or, more precisely, investment treaty arbitration is a controversial part of many trade and investment agreements. The arbitrators have the power to order the country to compensate the foreign investor, without a cap on the amount that can be awarded. Follow gus van harten and explore their bibliography from s gus van harten author page.
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Investment treaty arbitration and public law gus van harten books 2007 the recent explosion of investment treaty arbitration marks a major transformation of both international and public law, above all because of the manner in which states have delegated core powers of the courts to private. Gus van harten joined the faculty in january, 2008 and teaches administrative law, international investment law, and. Gus van harten centre for international governance innovation. Investment arbitrators rely on sovereignty for their legal status just as investorstate disputes usually stem from disa. I offer these comments on the eucanada joint interpretive declaration on the ceta dated 5 october. Van harten, the use of quantitative methods to examine possible bias in investment arbitration and reply to franck, garbin. Careful editing has significantly reduced the length of this edition, while in. Oct 04, 2008 gus van harten s investment treaty arbitration and public law, based on his ph. In this book, investment treaty expert gus van harten offers the firstever independent take on the details of the chinacanada investment deal and what it means for canadians.
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So far, the canadaeu trade agreement or ceta looks more the latter than the former. Sovereign choices and sovereign constraints ebook by gus van. This article examines five common justifications for the investment treaty system in order to highlight aspects of the system that give cause for concern. With in depth and wellframed discussion of the principles of administrative law, the sixth edition carries on the scholarly. Cases, text, and materials 9781552392348 by gus van harten and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at. Please note it is listed by the authors first name. Actors and analogies shaping the investment treaty system, 107 ajil 45, 92 20 discussing criticism of isds proposing a new theoretical framework to.