Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Public Interest and U.S. Domestic Law

Authors

Lise Johnson, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow
Lisa E. Sachs, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University, The Center for Sustainable DevelopmentFollow

Document Type

Report/Policy Paper

Publication Date

5-2015

Abstract

As negotiations are ongoing in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP), CCSI staff and Jeffrey Sachs discuss the implications of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) for domestic law and policy, focusing on effects within the US. The paper concludes that the risks ISDS poses for domestic law are significant and unjustified, and that there are preferable policy alternatives to pursue as a means of protecting the rights of investors operating overseas.

Disciplines

Antitrust and Trade Regulation | Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | European Law | International Law | International Trade Law | Law | Transnational Law

Recommended Citation

Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs & Jeffrey D. Sachs, Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Public Interest and U.S. Domestic Law, (2015).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_investment_staffpubs/22