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Susan Franck

American University, Washington College of Law
Verified email at wcl.american.edu
Cited by 4064

The Legitimacy Crisis in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Privatizing Publlic International Law through Inconsistent Decisions

SD Franck - Fordham L. Rev., 2004 - HeinOnline
Before 1995, only a handful of arbitrations involved claims under investment treaties. During
the last five years, however, the number of cases has exploded. There are now over sixty …

Empirically evaluating claims about investment treaty arbitration

SD Franck - NCl Rev., 2007 - HeinOnline
Franck, supra note 11, at 340 (discussing how India and China are attempting to improve
their alternative dispute resolution systems as a tactic for fostering foreign investment). 21 …

Development and outcomes of investment treaty arbitration

SD Franck - Harv. Int'l LJ, 2009 - HeinOnline
The legitimacy of investment treaty arbitration is a matter of heated debate. Asserting that
arbitration is unfairly tilted toward the developed world, some countries have withdrawn from …

Foreign direct investment, investment treaty arbitration, and the rule of law

SD Franck - Pac. McGeorge Global Bus. & Dev. LJ, 2006 - HeinOnline
… See Tobin & Rose-Ackerman 2003, supra note 19, at 22 (outlining various political costs
of investment treaties); Franck, Legitimacy Crisis, supra note 1, at 1592 (outlining potential …

Rationalizing costs in investment treaty arbitration

SD Franck - Wash. UL Rev., 2010 - HeinOnline
International investment and related disputes are on the rise. With national courts generally
unavailable and difficulties resolving disputes through diplomacy, investment treaties give …

The diversity challenge: exploring the invisible college of international arbitration

SD Franck, J Freda, K Lavin, T Lehmann… - Colum. J. Transnat'l …, 2014 - HeinOnline
… of known ITA arbitrators, there were responses from sixty-seven ITA arbitrators, which
represented a healthy proportion (twenty-seven percent) of arbitrators identified in Franck's

The ICSID Effect-Considering Potential Variations in Arbitration Awards

SD Franck - Va. J. Int'l L., 2010 - HeinOnline
… 105 (relying on the dataset referred to in Franck, supra note 15); see also Franck, supra note
15, at 22 n.98 (stating that a single website was used to convert the foreign currencies into a …

Predicting outcomes in investment treaty arbitration

SD Franck, LE Wylie - Duke LJ, 2015 - HeinOnline
Despite experiencing a period of fiscal adjustment, worldwide investment remains a lynchpin
of global economic activity and involves trillions of dollars.'Governments across the world …

The role of international arbitrators

SD Franck - ILSA J. Int'l & Comp. L., 2005 - HeinOnline
… ) (describing the importance of consistent treatment in arbitration) [hereinafter Franck, Bright
… Thomas Franck once wrote that having decision makers who are perceived to be legitimate …

Integrating investment treaty conflict and dispute systems design

SD Franck - Minn. L. Rev., 2007 - HeinOnline
… INVESTMENT PROSPECTS] (indicating that levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2006
are approximately $1165 billion and expected to grow to $1407.3 billion by 2010); Franck, …