The presentation studies some actions taken by Latin American States against ICSID and also offers information about the latest developments in Latin America regarding the creation of a regional Dispute Regional Center

This article reflects on the suitability of including non-legal arbitrators in certain investment arbitrations. It presents different mechanisms that have been used in the investment arbitration context to aid legal arbitrators with scientific-technical issues and contemplates the drawbacks of...

This paper studies the EEJ network, set up on 16 October 2001 by the European Union. This EEJ network want to establish a network of national bodies for the extra-judicial settlement of cross-border consumer disputes

This paper is going to present the following three key ideas: Firstly, arbitration is a system that still has some dependencies on state power. Nevertheless, it is a striking example of how the private sector initiative can implement sophisticated mechanisms of private conflict resolution....

This paper starts from the assumption that international arbitration easily fits in with a pluralist conception of global law. Globalization has created new informal instruments of regulation, and arbitration is an efficient tool for enforcing them. First, the paper presents a brief analysis of...

The intervention of amicus curiae in investment arbitration is a matter of great interest and it will continue generate a legal debate in the future. In the wake of multiple courts and some tribunals, several rules on investment arbitration have increasingly recognized the possibility that the...