The five contributions in this legal working paper discuss various aspects of investment arbitration. They were originally presented at the ECB legal colloquium on ‘The new challenges raised by investment arbitration for the EU legal order’ which took place in Frankfurt am Main in 2019.

This report provides a backdrop for identifying conflict resolution initiatives in support of a settlement with the Taliban in Afghanistan. It reviews the multifaceted peace processes, both past and present, and provides insights into the most recent developments among the Taliban. Based on...

Vor dem Hintergrund einer erodierenden europäischen Sicherheitsordnung hat die OSZE und mit ihr die lange vernachlässigte Wirtschafts- und Umweltdimension eine neue Dynamik entwickelt. Der Kooperation bei vermeintlich weniger verfänglichen Wirtschafts- und Umweltthemen wird das Potential...

EU Cross-Border Commercial Mediation' is a book which focuses on the European Union?s (EU?s) continued efforts to encourage the use of cross-border mediation and examines why such efforts have had a limited impact. It does so by drawing on rare, and at times surprising, detailed insights from...

Intro -- Danksagung -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abbildungsverzeichnis -- Tabellenverzeichnis -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- Geleitwort -- A. Einleitung -- I. Zielsetzung -- II. Forschungsleitende Hypothesen -- III. Aufbau der Arbeit -- B. Konflikte in der Arbeitswelt -- I. Konfliktverständnis -- II....

Introduction / Lorraine DeGerminy, Joachim Knoll and Timothy Foden -- Third-party funding in international arbitration - current status, development and cases involving mining disputes / Boris Biksadský, Stefano Paolo Catelani, Vernon T. Nava -- The global natural resources dispute resolution...

"The Law and Policy of New Eurasian Regionalization: Economic Integration, Trade, and Investment in the Post-Soviet and Greater Eurasian Space, edited by Anna Aseeva and Jędrzej Górski, makes several unique contributions to the literature. First and foremost, most of the current literature is...

Our analysis covers 260 RTAs, of which 200 include at least one provision on TBT. We find that in general disputes on TBT provisions arising under RTAs are not treated differently from other type of RTA disputes. Fifteen per cent of RTAs with TBT provisions include provisions that apply...

International investment agreements have provoked intense criticism in the policy debate during recent years. Particularly contentious has been their "ISDS" mechanisms, which enable investors to litigate against host countries. This paper examines whether host countries would be better off with...

Sustainable innovations can help to find ways of addressing major challenges such as global warming and resource consumption. This article begins by clarifying the specific inconsistencies within the concept, before introducing the research on sustainability-oriented innovation processes. This...

The dispute settlement mechanism (DSM) is today the most active dispute resolution forum in the world. However, its success has also led to increased processing time of disputes, which, in turn, increases the cost of using the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a way to resolve trade conflicts. I...

Basic conflict management knowledge & skills -- Manager know thyself : the skills and behaviors of great conflict managers -- Practical conflict theory : conflict's origins, escalation and de-escalation -- The power of negotiation -- Mediation, arbitration and other processes within the...

"The Energy Equation: Unlocking the Hidden Power of Energy in Business makes an important and substantial contribution to management science by helping companies harness the power of professional productivity. Advance Consulting CEO, Greg Baker, details the power of "enterprising" energy, and...