LEON TRAKMAN

Currently living in Sydney, Australia, Leon Trakman has published 8 books and over 100 articles on contracts, investment, commercial law and international commercial arbitration.

FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY WORKING TOGETHER

THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Investor-State Arbitration: A Step Forward, in JULIEN CHAISEE, CHINA-EUROPEAN UNION INVESTMENT RELATIONSHIPS: TOWARDS A NEW LEADERSHIP IN GLOBAL INVESTMENT POLICY, (Edward Edgar, 2018 forthcoming)


An Empirical Case for Extending Standing Panels in Investor-State Arbitration, in JULIEN CHAISSE AND LUKE NOTTAGE, INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT TREATIES AND ARBITRATION ACROSS ASIA, Chapter 20 (Brill, 2017)

China’s Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment, in JULIEN CHAISSE, TOMOKO ISHIKAWA AND SUFIAN JUSOH, ASIA's CHANGING INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT REGIME, 63-95 (Springer, 2017)

Caveat investors – where do things stand now? (with David Musayelyan), in CHIN LENG LIM, ALTERNATIVE VISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT, Chapter 3 (Cambridge, 2016)

Jumping Back and Forth between Domestic Courts and ISDS: Mixed Signals from the Asia-Pacific Region (with Kunal Sharma), in STEFFEN Hindelang and MARKUS RAJEWSKI, Shifting Paradigms in International Investment Law: More Balanced, Less Isolated, Increasingly Diversified, Chapter 13 (OXFORD, 2016)

China and Foreign Direct Investment: Looking Ahead, in WENHUA SHAN AND QIAO LIU, CHINA AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION, Chapter 6 (BRILL, 2015)

Reconstituting Investor-State Arbitration (with David Musayelyan), in CHIN LIM, ALTERNATIVE VISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT: Essays in Honour of Sornarajah (CAMBRIDGE, 2016)

Geo-Politics and Investor-State Arbitration, in PICKER, TOOHEY AND GREENACRE, CHINA IN THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER, Chapter 3 (CAMBRIDGE, 2015)

Instituting Investment Claims under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, in WEHHAU SHAN AND JINYUAN SU, China and International Investment Law: Twenty Years of ICSID Membership THE ICSID, Chapter 12 (BRILL, 2015)

Investment Disputes and Australia's National Interest: A Precarious Balance, in JOHN FARRAR, MARY HISCOCK AND VAI LO LO, AUSTRALIA'S TRADE, INVESTMENT AND SECURITY IN THE ASIAN CENTURY, 115-134 (WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2015)

Resolving Investor-State Disputes: Australia’s Dilemma and Choices, in Nye Perram, International Commercial Law and Arbitration: Perspectives (UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, 2014)

Australia's Rejection of Investor-State Arbitration: A Sign of Global Change?, in LEON E. TRAKMAN AND NICK RANIERI, REGIONALISM IN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW, Chapter 12 (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2013)

The ICSID in Perspective, in LEON E. TRAKMAN AND NICK RANIERI, REGIONALISM IN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW, Chapter 10 (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2013)

Investment Dispute Settlement under the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, in TANIA VOON (ED), TRADE LIBERALISATION AND INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION: A LEGALANALYSIS OF THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, Chapter 9 (EDWARD ELGAR, 2013)

Australia and the Future of Investor State Arbitration, in MICHAEL LEGG, THEFUTURE OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION (LEXIS NEXIS, 2012)

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, in BRYAN MERCURIO, LEON TRAKMAN, MEREDITH KOLSKY LEWIS AND BRUNO ZELLERS, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2010)

Dispute Resolution: Courts, in BRYAN MERCURIO, MEREDITH KOLSKY LEWIS AND BRUNO ZELLERS, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2010)

Resolving Disputes under Chapter 19 of the NAFTA, in LEON E.TRAKMAN, NICK W. RANIERI AND MARLON LOPEZ, DOING BUSINESS IN MEXICO (TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL PUBLISHERS, 2004)

Arbitrating Under Chapter 11 of the NAFTA: A Mexican Investor V The U.S., in LEON E. TRAKMAN, NICK W. RANIERI AND MARLON LOPEZ, DOING BUSINESS IN MEXICO (TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL PUBLISHERS, 2003)

Resolving Disputes under Chapter 19 of the NAFTA, in LEON E. TRAKMAN, NICK W. RANIERI AND MARLON LOPEZ, DOING BUSINESS IN MEXICO (TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL PUBLISHERS, 2003)

DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDER THE NAFTA, (TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK 1997)

Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Case for Commercial Arbitration (Contributor, CORPORATE LIABILITY, CORPORATE LEGAL COUNSEL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, 1992)


JOURNAL ARTICLES

The ‘Judicialization’ of International Commercial Arbitration: Pitfall or Virtue? (with Hugh Montgomery)  30 (2) Leiden Journal of International Law 405-434 (2017)
Locating Australia on the Pacific Rim: Trade, Investment and the Asian Century (with Kunal Sharma) 1 Transnational Dispute Management 1 (2015)

The Repudiation of Investor-State Arbitration and Subsequent Treaty Practice: The Resurgence of Qualified Investor-State Arbitration (with David Musayelyan), 31 ISCID Law Review Foreign Investment Law Journal 194–218 (2015)


Deciding Investor States Disputes: Australia's Evolving Position, 15 Journal of World Investment and Trade 152-192 (2014)



Investor-State Arbitration: Evaluating Australia’s Evolving Position, 15(1) Journal of World Investment and Trade 152-192 (2014)


Ex Aequo et Bono: Basing Decisions on that which is Just and Fair, 3 Transnational Dispute Management (2012)


The ICSID in Perspective, 4 Transnational Dispute Management (2012)

The ISCID under Siege, 45(3) Cornell International Law Journal 603-663 (2012)

'Legal Traditions' and International Commercial Arbitration, 3 Transnational Dispute Management (2012)



Arbitrating Options: Turning a Morass into a Panacea, 41(1) University of New South Wales Law Journal 292-305 (2008)

Ex Aequo et Bono: De-mystifying An Ancient Concept, 8(2) Chicago Journal of International Law 621-642 (2008)

The IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest in International Commercial Arbitration, 10 International Arbitration Law Review 124 (Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)

Legal Traditions and International Commercial Arbitration, 17 American Review of International Arbitration 1 (2007)

Confidentiality in International Commercial Arbitration, 18 Arbitration International 1-18 (2002)

Appropriate Conflict Management, Wisconsin Law Review 385-415 (2001)

Arbitrating Investment Disputes under Chapter 11 of the NAFTA, 18(4) Journal of International Arbitration 385-415 (2001)

The Efficient Resolution of Business Disputes, 30 Canadian Journal of Business Law 321-375 (1998)

Privatizing Dispute Resolution under the Free Trade Agreement, 40 Maine Law Review 349-366 (1988)

 
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