Investment regulation in the ASEAN region has taken on different legal and policy contours since the passage of the ASEAN Charter in 2008. The ASEAN Charter transformed ASEAN into an official international legal organization, with a distinct legal personality, and capable of binding all ten...

This article explores potential treaty defenses and valuation defenses for host States to mitigate or temporarily excuse non-performance of obligations owed to investors during economic emergencies, arising from the host State's good faith performance of obligations under the International...

Presidential power is difficult to control through formal institutional checks. Even where constitutional and statutory limits exist, Presidents often seek to work around them. For example, independently elected Presidents may invoke the separation of powers as a justification for acting...