This paper empirically examines the widespread belief that voluntarily negotiated agreements produce better long-run relationships than third-party imposed settlements, such as arbitrator decisions or court judgments. Two key outcomes are analyzed - subsequent player performance and the...

The Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) aims to find the right equilibrium between safeguarding each Member's interest in protecting its domestic market from products that threaten the life or health of humans, animals or plants and ensuring that these threats are...

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...

The rapid evolution of anonymous, autonomous, and distributed blockchain-based smart contracting creates friction and enforceability issues with existing legal and jurisdictional principles, calling the future governance of blockchain technology into question. The effective governance of...

One of the major issues in the globalization of commercial transactions is the issue of taxation. Despite the execution of Double Taxation Treaties (DTTs) by most countries and the enactment of Conventions by world Organizations, sovereign states are still struggling with amicable resolution of...