Seminar series on International Economic Law and Policy, IELAP
IELAP is hosted by UCL's Department of Political Science and the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College.
Except for public events, participation is by invitation only. Please get in touch if you'd like to join.
2019:
12th December: Gabriel Gari (Queen Mary)
Disciplines on domestic regulation affecting trade in services: convergence or divergence?
8th November: Kamala Dawar (Sussex)
Weaponising official export finance: The challenges of compliance
10th October: Public event with Ignacio Garcia Bercero, European Commission
The World Trade Organization: Challenges and options for reform
Co-Hosted by UCL's Policy and Practice Seminar Series.
7th October: Sergio Puig (Arizona)
Indigenous peoples and international economic law
24th September: Daniel Behn (Queen Mary)
So many treaties, so few disputes: Explaining China's relative absence from exposure to investment treaty arbitration
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IELAP's predecessor was ILAP: Investment Law & Policy. Sessions were hosted by UCL and ran from 2014 to 2018.
2018:
13th November: Barnali Choudhury (UCL), Paolo Vargiu (Leicester), and Konstanze Von Papp (Keele)
International Investment Law and Non-Economic Issues (Choudhury), Semiotics of Investment Arbitration (Vargiu), and ISDS as a challenge to democracy? (Von Papp)
16th October: Double book launch
Taylor St John (St Andrews), The Rise of Investor-State Arbitration (here), and Mavluda Sattorova (Liverpool), The Impact of Investment Treaty Law on Host States (here).
Discussants: Alison MacDonald QC (Matrix Chambers), Kate Parlett (20 Essex St), Angeline Welsh (Matrix Chambers), and Luis Garcia (Matrix Chambers).
Hosted by Hogan Lovells.
16th October: Rob Howse (NYU) and Ira Ryk-Lakhman (UCL
The Eiser Award (Howse) and Non-investment considerations and IHL-based defences in investment arbitration (Lakhman)
Hosted by Hogan Lovells.
11th September: Robert Basedow (LSE), Suha Jubran (SOAS), and Jansen Calamita (NUS)
EU Investment Agreements (Basedow), International Investment Law and Democratisation (Jubran), and Internalizing Investmtnet Law (Calamita)
9th May: Caroline Henckels, Monash
The exception proves the rule? The role of public policy exceptions in trade and investment agreements
7th March: Joel Dahlquist, Uppsala/LCIL
Investment treaty disputes at commercial arbitration institutions
2017:
16th November: Book launch
Jonathan Bonnitcha, Lauge Poulsen, and Michael Waibel, The Political Economy of the Investment Treaty Regime (available here).
Discussants: VV Veeder QC (Essex Court Chambers), Matthew Weineger QC (Linklaters), David Gaukrodger (OECD), and Swati Dhingra (LSE).
Hosted by Linklaters LLP.
20th October: Rob Howse, NYU
Should ISDS hold states liable for failure to prevent terrorism? Ampal v. Egypt
22nd September: Jean Ho, National University of Singapore
The history of international contract claims (book available here).
29th June: Kristen Boon, Seton Hall Law School
Small Investors and ISDS (published version here).
1st June: Book launch
Jarrod Hepburn (Melbourne), Domestic Law in International Investment Arbitration (available here).
Discussants: Martins Paparinskis (UCL) and Alison MacDonald QC (Matrix Chambers).
Co-hosted by UCL Laws and IAReporter.
31st May: Eric Neumayer, LSE
Winning or losing in investor-to-state dispute resolution: The role of arbitrator bias and experience (published version here).
4th April: David Collins, City University
The UK and ISDS post-Brexit (working paper here).
31st January: Federico Ortino, Kings College
Stability as a key norm in international investment treaties: myth or reality? (published version here).
12th January: Nicolas Perrone, Durham
UNCTAD World Investment Reports 1991-2005: 25 years of narratives justifying and balancing foreign investor rights (published version here).
2016:
2nd December: Wolfgang Alschner, Geneva Graduate Institute/WTI
The impact of changing investment treaty design on investment arbitration (published version here)
23th November: Markus Wagner, Warwick
Investment Law's Uruguay Moment (working paper here).
26th October: Jansen Calamita, NUS
The (In)Compatibility of Appellate Mechanisms with Existing Instruments of the Investment Treaty Regime (published version here).
24th May: Caroline Henckels, UNSW
Proportionality and Deference in Investment Treaty Arbitration (book available here).
Hosted by Kings College.
30th March: Lauge Poulsen, UCL
Legalisation, diplomacy, and development: Do investment treaties de-politicize investment disputes? (published version here).
22nd March: Rumi Yotova, Cambridge
Balancing Economic Objectives and Environmental Considerations in New EU Investment Agreements: A Brave New World? (published version here).
2015:
17th November: Double book launch
Thomas Hale (Oxford), Between Interests and Law (available here), and Lauge Poulsen (UCL), Bounded Rationality and Economic Diplomacy (available here).
Discussants: Rob Howse (NYU), David Caron (Kings), Kate Parlett (20 Essex St), and Samuel Wordsworth QC (Essex Court Chambers).
Hosted by Hogan Lovells.
17th November: Christian Tams (Glasgow) and Rob Howse (NYU)
Howse, Courting the Critics of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: the EU proposal (working paper here)
Tams, State Succession to Investment Treaties: Mapping the Issues (published version here)
Hosted by Hogan Lovells.
12th November: Public event with Dr. Diego Garcia, Attorney General of Ecuador
Chevron v. Ecuador: Ecuador's Defense (summary here)
Co-hosted with UCL Laws and Global Governance Institute.
12th October: Double book launch
Thomas Hale (Oxford), Between Interests and Law (available here), and Lauge Poulsen (UCL), Bounded Rationality and Economic Diplomacy (available here).
Discussants: Philippe Sands (UCL), Alex Mills (UCL), and Julia Gray (LSE).
Co-hosted by UCL's Global Governance Institute.
17th September: Discussion with Meg Kinnear, Secretary General of ICSID
Co-hosted with UCL's Global Governance Institute.
19th June: Michael Waibel (Cambridge), Jonathan Bonnitcha (ANU), and Lauge Poulsen (UCL)
Political Economy of the Investment Treaty Regime (book available here).
22nd April: Mona Pinchis, Kings College
The Forgotten Purpose of ‘Fair and’ ‘Equitable Treatment’ Clauses in Post-War United States’ Commercial Treaties (summary here).
4th March: Christine Cote, London School of Economics
The Chilling Effect of Globalization: A look at the impact of international investment agreements on national regulatory autonomy in the areas of health, safety and the environment (thesis available here)
14th January: Public event on TTIP
Speakers: Peter Chase (Vice President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce), Jansen Calamita (BIICL), and Jan Kleinheisterkamp (LSE).
Co-hosted with UCL's Global Governance Institute.
14th January: Federico Ortino, Kings College.
Investment Treaties, Sustainable Development and Reasonableness Review: In Search of greater clarity and Coherence (published version here).
2014:
13th November: Taylor St John, University of Oxford.
The Power of Modest Multilateralism: Explaining ICSID’s Creation and Development (book available here).