Gus Van Harten: 2 books
Sold Down the Yangtze
Canada's lopsided investment deal with China
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
When legal experts finally saw the terms of the investment deal Canada had signed with China, they could hardly believe what their eyes. The deal was unprecedented -- Canada had never given so much away to a trading partner. But Ottawa did not allow a full public review, and ultimately ratified the...
Sovereign Choices and Sovereign Constraints
Judicial Restraint in Investment Treaty Arbitration
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Investment arbitrators rely on sovereignty for their legal status just as investor-state disputes usually stem from disagreements about the role of the state in society. As a result, investment arbitration is a vehicle for the exercise of sovereign authority and a site for contesting sovereign choices....