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Donald
Donovan of Debevoise &
Plimpton, New York, moderates
a discussion on the expropriation
of foreign investment between
Andrea Menaker, U.S. Department
of State, and Laurence Shore,
Herbert Smith, London.
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“Is There a New Common Law
of Investment Arbitration?”
World Intellectual Property Organization
Legal Counsel Edward Kwakwa presented
the opening address, “Intellectual
Property Rights in India and China:
Lessons and Challenges,” during
a GW-ASIL conference in March. |
International and Comparative
Law Colloquium speaker Professor
Susan Franck of the University
of Nebraska Law School visits
with lawyers from the International
Centre for Settlement of Investment
Disputes.
Abdul El-Tayef
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Empirical Analysis of Investment
Treaty Arbitration
On Sept. 4, the International and
Comparative Law Colloquium Series
hosted University of Nebraska Professor
Susan Franck, who provided a comprehensive
assessment of investor-state arbitration.
Franck’s work was based on
her thorough empirical review of
various aspects of the investor-state
arbitration process, including the
claims, defenses, parties, and arbitration
awards. |
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Claire
Duggan
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Ambassador Julio Lacarte Visits
GW Law
Ambassador Julio Lacarte, a former
member and first president of the
WTO Appellate Body and a pioneer
in the GATT and WTO, spoke to Professor
Steve Charnovitz’s International
Trade Law Class on Oct. 30. Ambassador
Lacarte of Uruguay, born in 1918,
was a career diplomat who has been
involved with the GATT/WTO trading
system since its creation almost
50 years ago and participated in
all eight rounds of multilateral
trade negotiations under the GATT.
He has had a distinguished academic
career as a professor at the International
Association of Comparative Law and
at the University of Comparative
Law at Strasbourg University. |
Tunisia’s Competition Council
GW Law hosted the head of Tunisia’s
Competition Council, Mohamed Kolsi,
along with Sarah El Bitar, an economic
researcher with Egypt’s Competition
Authority. Professors Thomas D.
Morgan and Edward T. Swaine gave
their assessment of various aspects
of competition law. The meeting
was organized by the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Commercial Law Development
Program. |
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Claire
Duggan
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Yukins and Chinese Procurement
On July 10, Associate Professor
Christopher Yukins visited the Washington
offices of Blank Rome to address
a visiting delegation from China’s
Central Government Procurement Center
of Government Offices of the Administration
of the State Council. Professor
Yukins briefed the visiting Chinese
officials on emerging issues in
U.S. procurement and discussed how
the two countries’ procurement
systems may grow more aligned as
China accedes to the WTO’s
Government Procurement Agreement. |
Professor John McGinnis and
Professor David Fontana had
several opportunities to give
rebuttals to each other’s
comments.
Claire Duggan
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“Should American Courts
Consider Foreign and International
Law in Trying to Interpret the American
Constitution?”
More than 100 students turned out
for a debate between GW Law Professor
David Fontana and Northwestern Law
School Professor John McGinnis that
looked at the role of foreign law
and international law in the interpretation
of the U.S. Constitution. The event
was sponsored by The Federalist
Society and the American Constitution
Society. |
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Professor
Sean D. Murphy (left) and
Judge Treves
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Judge Tulio Treves Visits
Judge Tulio Treves of the UN International
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
stopped by GW Law early in the fall
term to discuss recent developments
at the tribunal. |
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