Recognizing the state’s “duty to regulate”: the mindset needs to shift

As global discussions on IIA reform continue, this Perspective offers one idea on how to help facilitate reform through the shifting of mindsets of arbitrators, States and companies. Recent progress in business and human rights offers valuable lessons for how the power of ideas can contribute to meaningful change

认识到国家的“监管义务”:心态需要转变

As global discussions on IIA reform continue, this Perspective offers one idea on how to help facilitate reform through the shifting of mindsets of arbitrators, States and companies. Recent progress in business and human rights offers valuable lessons for how the power of ideas can contribute to meaningful change

From Citation to Piece in Hand: The Search for Efficiency in Accessing Monographic Series

The author of this article Looks at access problems that occur when the citations from indexes for articles in series differ from the way the items are cataloged. To illustrate the difficulties encountered, a search was conducted in the online catalogs of various libraries and a comparison made between the bibliographic entries found to citations both in electronic indexes and in authors’ references. The results indicate that the ramifications of local cataloging decisions affect all areas of librarianship. In this electronic age, the need is great to integrate the various sources of information needed for a patron to go from citation to piece in hand

Investment Agreements and Human Rights: The Effects of Stabilization Clauses

The purpose of this study was to examine whether stabilization clauses, a widely used risk-management device in investment contracts, may affect a state's action to implement its international human rights obligations. Specifically, this study examined whether stabilization clauses can limit the application of new social and environmental regulations to investment activities over the life of the investment, or to obtain compensation from host states for the costs of compliance with such new laws. This study used social and environmental laws (such as nondiscrimination, health and safety, labor and employment rights, and the protection of the environment and cultural heritage) as a surrogate for human rights obligations, because these domestic laws are some of the most common means of implementing international human rights obligations in regulating business activity.Version of Recor