The use of arbitration in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) enables foreign investors to sue host states for alleged breaches of international investment law. But the practise has grown increasingly controversial over the past decade, with respondent states refusing to pay damages, or...

Salini v. Morocco sparked one of the liveliest controversies in the dynamic field of international investment disputes. Salini held that the word investment in the ICSID Convention, although undefined, has an objective meaning that limits the ability of member states to submit disputes to ICSID...

This article argues that a mediator, conscious of the metaphors disputants use, aware of their implications and skilled in their use, will hear more, be better able to reframe, disentangle and guide communications to explore meanings, enhance self-reflection, and expand possibilities. A growing...

This article argues that a mediator, conscious of the metaphors disputants use, aware of their implications and skilled in their use, will hear more, be better able to reframe, disentangle and guide communications to explore meanings, enhance self-reflection, and expand possibilities. A growing...

The author examines the growth of community dispute resolution in the 1980’s and examines whether larger budgets and increasing institutionalization/alliances with civil and criminal courts is a “striking symbol of success” or a “betrayal of the community empowerment ideology that...