Inequities and limitations in access to safe and affordable water and to the decision-making processes that guide water management and distribution affect communities around the world and across the US and, with the added impacts of climate change, present a growing problem of environmental...

There is no single natural resource on which the world depends more than freshwater. Unfortunately, climate change, depletion of resources, population growth, unequal distribution, and inefficient use all mean that freshwater is rapidly becoming a scarce resource, aptly named the “Blue...

International commercial arbitration (ICA) is increasingly viewed as an autonomous legal order, distinct from any specific national legal system. Building on this conception of ICA, this paper assigns a new "commercial peacemaking" role to it, concerned with the resolution of commercial disputes...

International Water Law has developed a set of rules for resolving interstate fresh water disputes that govern both the substance of these disputes and the conduct of the disputing states. “Equitable and reasonable utilization” is commonly considered as the leading substantive rule, “no...

This Article is the first to examine the impact of the Supreme Court’s latest Federal Arbitration ‎Act (FAA) decisions on the debate surrounding so-called “forced” employment arbitration. In ‎Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, the Supreme Court held that airport cargo loaders were exempt...

In light of the ubiquity of international commercial arbitration worldwide, most domestic jurisdictions strive to create consistency and uniformity in the interpretation and application of its fundamental principles. But what happens when such principles seemingly collide with a domestic...

This chapter explores the relationship between water and the social pillar of sustainable development as embodied in the notions of water justice and the human right to water. In light of the unique social, environmental, and economic significance of water and its indispensability to human...

This article examines the Supreme Court of Canada's judgment in Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller from an international commercial arbitration perspective, focusing on two specific issues. The first issue is the Court's application of a provincial domestic, rather than international, arbitration...

Mobile-based ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft are increasing involved in litigation in U.S. courts, and this trend is likely to increase in the future. One type of action frequently brought against these companies is by drivers claiming to be misclassified as independent contractors...

The thriving mobile-based ride-sharing and food-delivery business in the United States has proven to be fertile grounds for litigation. Lawsuits, at times in the form of class actions, have been launched by drivers claiming to have been mis-classified as independent contractors rather than...