This volume builds upon previous research on sustainable development in international trade law and policy, published in Sustainable Development in World Trade Law. The volume's goal is to analyse the state of international investment law through the lens of sustainable development and to...

Indigenous diversities in international investment and trade / John Borrows -- Indigenous historic trade in the western hemisphere / Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. Was'teWinyan) -- Indigenous peoples of Mexico at the crossroads : the human cost of continental trade / James Hopkins --...

Compensation for adjudicators is generally considered as a core issue for judicial independence and for attracting good judges in the institutional design for courts. This paper examines compensation systems for adjudicators and dispute settlement administrators in investor-state dispute...

Countermeasures are well recognized under Customary International Law and have been incorporated into the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding as a mechanism to facilitate compliance, subject to an authorization by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body. However, such a countermeasure — increased...