An “ethics explosion” is emerging in the international investment arena in many different ways. Along with the EU’s strong desire to regulate the ethical aspects of adjudicators’ duties in its latest generation of IIAs, whether already in force or still under negotiation, a growing...

This paper studies several relevant cases in the area of investment arbitration. The author stresses how the environmental protection is a very relevant issue in these ICSID´s decisions.

Spanish Abstract: Este trabajo reflexiona sobre la política de la Unión Europea en materia de inversión extranjera directa. También señala algunas características y deficits de TTIP y CETA en materia de IISD

This paper presents a series of suggestions on how to maximize the legal and linguistic learning of Spanish-speaking students who are going to take a class on international contracts using English as an additional language. The degree of success in terms of learning given by the various...

This study concentrate on how the law applicable to cases of transboundary pollution is defined in the European context. In doing so, reference will also be made to the international conventions already in force in this area, the most relevant features of the national conflict rules existing in...

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

The settling of the competent jurisdiction in international agency contracts is a subject of a huge practical importance nowadays. The recent transformation of the Brussels Convention into Regulation 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial...