Paul Stephan

I am struck by a difference in perspective between the panel and the appellate body with respect to the role of scientific expertise in advocacy. The panel seems to believe in the reliability and credibility of scientific expertise and thereby downplays the risk that science can be subverted to bolster

As initially announced, the Treasury purchase of toxic waste would not extend to the U.S. establishments of foreign financial institutions. Mohammad Fadel at Toronto University asked in a private exchange whether this restriction would violate US obligations under GATS or NAFTA. According to the NYTimes, Treasury is now considering

I am happy to post the following announcement from Cambridge University Press: The Limits of Leviathan Contract Theory and the Enforcement of International Law Robert E. Scott Paul B. Stephan Much of international law, like much of contract, is enforced not by independent sanctions but rather through cooperative interaction among

An article in today's Wall Street Journal suggests that the excitement over the proposed takeover of P&O by Dubai Ports World has its origins in a private contract dispute. The article suggests that a Florida stevedoring firm locked in litigation with P & O has sought

The proposed legislation to ban foreign-government-owned firms from managing US ports has been defended by some as a national security measure. At some level of generality, of course, GATT law regards national security claims as self judging and therefore unreviewable (I have a discussion of this issue in my forthcoming

Senator Clinton apparently has introduced legislation that would bar firms owned by foreign states from managing US ports. The bill is aimed at the takeover of P & O, a company that currently manages six US ports, by Dubai Ports World, which belongs to the United Arab Emirates. The purported