What is it about?
This paper explores how judges in global trade and investment disputes balance strict legal rules with broader goals to unify international law. It examines how different approaches by judges aim to make the international legal system more consistent and legitimate.
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Why is it important?
The findings illustrate how inconsistently the rules of treaty interpretation are approached by trade and investment judges, based on a large empirical and doctrinal study.
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This page is a summary of: Invoking Systemic Ideals or Systemic Rules? Jurisdiction in WTO and Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg Journal of International Law, January 2022, Verlag Franz Vahlen GmbH,
DOI: 10.17104/0044-2348-2022-2-401.
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