This paper examines the impact of international law on the ability of states to mitigate the effects of financial crises. It takes as its subject the invocation of investment treaty disciplines in the aftermath of the 2001-2 Argentine financial crisis. The paper focuses on the adjudication by...

Ten years after the global financial crisis (“GFC”) that started in 2007, the time has come to take stock of the international regulation of finance. This report assesses the causes and consequences of the GFC and the broader context of the changes in the international financial system since...

In October 2008, Iceland's banking system collapsed. Within a week, the three major banks comprising ninety percent of the Icelandic banking system had failed. A long-running dispute on who ought to pay for the deposits in failed Icelandic banks has poisoned relations between Iceland, the United...

This paper is a contribution to a book on exploring how hard and soft international law are used in advocating for social change. It focuses on the two sets of international standards that are applicable to international finance. The first are the international financial regulatory standards...

The financial crisis of 2008-09 has cast palpable doubt on the relevance of the current legal framework governing trade in services for financial crisis prevention and management. The crisis revealed the limited utility and effectiveness of services trade law in dealing adequately with the...

My thesis, in a nutshell, is this: the Asian financial crisis has revealed some deep fault lines in our international economy, and for years to come we shall look back on it as a turning point in economic history. The crisis will have repercussions far into the new century, especially in three areas