An introduction to wine regulation in a globalized market prospects and limits of wine governance / Julien Chaisse, Fernando Dias Simões, and Danny Friedmann -- The rise and fall of the world's largest wine exporter and its institutional legacy / Giulia Meloni and Joe Swinnen -- Tradition,...

List of Abbrevations -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword: Apéritif -- Christopher Heath -- 1 An Introduction to Wine Regulation in a Globalized Market -- Prospects and Limits of Wine Governance -- Julien Chaisse, Fernando Dias Simões, and Danny Friedmann -- PART 1 --...

The flux of foreign investment into the water industry that took place over recent decades had a significant impact on the relationship between water companies and states. The creation of a global network of international investment agreements also altered the method of adjudication of possible...

Amici curiae are individuals or organisations who do not have the right to participate in the dispute as parties but want to intervene because the outcome of the proceedings may affect their interests. The participation of amici in investor-state arbitration has been justified as a useful tool...

Investor-state arbitration was created with the hope of depoliticizing investment disputes. However, the adoption of the traditional party-appointment system, in which disputing parties play a direct role in the composition of the tribunal, is increasingly criticized. Many believe that party...

This paper argues that the UNCITRAL is in a privileged position to lead an effort — along with other international organizations, public and private stakeholders — to conduct a thorough analysis of the challenges raised by the growing interaction between international investment treaties and...

This chapter introduces the book 'Wine Law and Policy: From National Terroirs to a Global Market'. This 26-chapter volume brings together leading academics and practitioners to examine how wine law and policy have gradually moved from national terroirs to a global market. It is the first...

Amicus curiae is a developing feature of modern international investment arbitration. This chapter starts by describing how investment arbitration shifted from a confidentiality-based practice to a model that is more open to the participation of civil society. It then proceeds to discuss the...

This article discusses how Portuguese-speaking countries may take advantage of the linguistic and cultural bond that unites them to create an arbitration market. Apart from Brazil and Portugal, arbitration is still almost nonexistent in the Portuguese-speaking world. This article discusses the...