Although the problem of trade and inequality is central to the resolution of the WTO Doha Round and to contemporary trade policy in general, it is currently undertheorized from a normative perspective. In this paper I develop a normative critique of WTO special and differential treatment law, as...

This Perspective argues that investment law is ripe for a paradigm shift away from pure capital protection. Rather, investment law should be recognized as part of a comprehensive global economic governance system for ensuring justice and the rule of law, in this case in the allocation of...

The rapid increase of third-party funding (TPF) in investor-state dispute-settlement (ISDS) raises concerns about effects TPF may have on the stability, fairness and legitimacy of the investment treaty regime. States and other stakeholders should critically assess the risks posed by TPF in its...