Simon Lester

From the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Oxford University Press: Dear colleagues, We are writing to invite you to join an exciting new project undertaken by the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and Oxford University Press. The Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL) brings together decisions on

As you may have heard, WTO dispute settlement is getting pretty busy these days, which explains why the WTO Secretariat is looking for lawyers to work on these cases: -- Grade 9 lawyers (at least 8 years experience) -- Grade 7 lawyers (at least 3 years experience) There are positions in Rules,

As this blog's readers all know, under most investment treaties and investment chapters of trade agreements, foreign investors can sue a host government directly in an international tribunal, based on various obligations imposed on the government (fair and equitable treatment, etc.). For those who support this system, I&

Following up on the post yesterday regarding U.S. government documents relating to the Loewen NAFTA case, turns out there was a lot of repetition in those documents.  The main substantive issue was whether court rulings constitute "measures," and how the U.S. should approach this issue as

Previously confidential documents from the Clinton era are being released now and then.  I'm keeping an eye out for items that relate to international economic law.  Here are two recent ones from the Loewen NAFTA case: http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/assets/storage/Research-Digital-Library/formerlywithheld/batch7/2010-

From a speech today by President-elect of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker before the European Parliament: Investor-to-state disputes I took note of the intense debates around investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. Let me once again state my

From OGEL and the TDM journal: Oil, Gas, and Energy Law Journal (www.ogel.org) and Transnational Dispute Management (www.transnational-dispute-management.com) invite submissions for a joint Special Issue on Renewable Energy Disputes. Renewable energy production is nothing new: windmills have been used to produce wind-based energy

I was struck by this sentence from a Global Trade Watch blog post, in reaction to yesterday's WTO panel report in the Article 21.5 proceeding in U.S. - COOL: The COOL policy was created when Congress enacted mandatory country-of-origin labeling for meat – supported by 92

This is from U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman: investment protections are ... intended to safeguard against a host of abuses, including discrimination, repudiation of contracts, and expropriation of property without due process of law ... It surprises me how little analysis of this issue exists. From what I can tell, the

The Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network of the Society of International Economic Law has issued a call for papers for its fourth conference: 4th Conference of the Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network of the Society of International Economic Law (PEPA/SIEL) 2015 Milan, 16-17 April 2015 Organised