Converging Trends in Investment Treaty Practice

Rationalizing Costs in Investment Treaty Arbitration

The Impact of Investment Arbitration on Investment Treaty Design: Myth Versus Reality

I. INVESTMENT LAW AND ARBITRATION .......................................................................................... 5 A. The Development of Investment Law and Arbitration....................................................... 5 B. Three Impact Channels ...................................................................................................... 9 1. Investment Arbitration Clau...

Fertility Behavior of Immigrants in Canada: Converging Trends

Using data from the 2002 Ethnic Diversity Survey (EDS), this paper compares fertility behavior across four groups of generations: recent and long-term immigrants of 1 generation, plus second and third generations. Several important findings emerge from this study: First, consistent with previous studies, we have documented higher current fertility among recent immigrants, but childbearing is lo...

Changing trends in practice.

Occupational therapists are involved in delivering their services within a very complex health care environment and it is essential to understand the implications of the health care system in planning and implementing occupational therapy services. This month's column gives the occupational therapist a perspective on the health system and should be a guide for all clinicians and educators in lo...

International investment agreements and public health: neutralizing a threat through treaty drafting.

The high profile investment claims filed by Philip Morris challenging Uruguayan and Australian measures that restrict advertising and logos on tobacco packaging awakened the public health community to the existence and potential detrimental impact of international investment agreements (IIAs). More recently, Eli Lilly challenged Canada's invalidation of a pharmaceutical patent under an IIA. All...