This issue comprises papers that were presented during the joint Colloquium on Bilateral Investment Treaties offered by Columbia Law School and the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs in the fall of 2018. The joint Colloquium was organized by Merit E. Janow, Dean of the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Petros C. Mavroidis, Edwin B. Parker Professor at Columbia Law School, and Damien J. Neven, Professor of Economics at the Graduate Institute, Geneva.
Articles
Introduction: Protecting and Adjudicating Investment—Transcending the Obvious
Merit E. Janow, Petros C. Mavroidis, Damien J. Neven
Economic Aspects of International Investment
Henrik Horn and Pehr-Johan Norbäck
Balancing Private Equity Rights and Public Order in Investor-State Arbitration: The PCA Experience
Brooks W. Daly
Examining New Approaches to the Interpretation of MFN Clauses in International Investment Agreements
Jeremy R. Stewart
Fair and Equitable Treatment as Boilerplate
Michael Waibel
Promoting Sustainable Development in BITs: The EU Experience
Ramon Vidal Puig
CFIUS Reforms in Context: China in the Crosshairs of CFIUS
Zhu (Judy) Wang