51. Mining for facts: PacRim Cayman LLC v. El Salvador
- Author:
- Alexandre de Gramont
- Publication Date:
- 09-2010
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
- Abstract:
- In his recent article, “Thinking twice about a gold rush: Pacific Rim v. El Salvador” (Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 23, May 24, 2010), Professor Gus Van Harten uses the PacRim v. El Salvador arbitration, pending at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), as the basis for asserting a number of criticisms against the overall system of arbitration under investment treaties.
- Topic:
- Economics, International Trade and Finance, and Treaties and Agreements
- Political Geography:
- Latin America