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Wolfgang Alschner

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

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57 Louis Pasteur Street

Ottawa, K1N 6N5

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1.

Forget About the WTO: The Network of Relations between Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) and 'Double PTAs'

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 30 May 2014
Joost Pauwelyn and Wolfgang Alschner
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 326 (38,094)

Abstract:

regional trade agreements, plurilateral trade agreements, WTO, network analysis, relation between treaties, fragmentation of international law, multilateralising regionalism

2.

Interpreting Investment Treaties as Incomplete Contracts: Lessons from Contract Theory

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 31 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2013
Wolfgang Alschner
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 275 (66,304)

Abstract:

International Investment Law, Incomplete Contracts, Arbitration, Interpretation

3.

Americanization of the BIT Universe: The Influence of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (FCN) Treaties on Modern Investment Treaty Law

Goettingen Journal of International Law, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2013)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 13 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 03 May 2014
Wolfgang Alschner
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Abstract:

bilateral investment treaties, investment law, FCN treaties, second generation

4.

The Role of International Investment Agreements in Fostering Sustainable Development

Baetens, F., (Ed.), Investment Law Within International Law: Integrationist Perspectives (CUP 2013)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2013
Wolfgang Alschner and Elisabeth Tuerk
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and United Nations - Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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Investment law, investment treaties, sustainable development, UNCTAD, IPFSD

5.

The Return of the Home State and the Rise of ‘Embedded’ Investor-State Arbitration

Forthcoming in S. Lalani/ R. Polanco (eds), The Role of The State in Investor-State Arbitration (Martinus Nijhoff/BRILL, 2014)
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 May 2014
Wolfgang Alschner
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 137 (141,976)

Abstract:

Investment Law, Arbitration, Investor-State Arbitration, Depoliticization

6.

Regionalism and Overlap in Investment Treaty Law – Towards Consolidation or Contradiction?

Journal of International Economic Law 17(2), pp. 271-298 (2014)
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2016
Wolfgang Alschner
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 96 (185,145)

Abstract:

Arbitration, Trade Law, Investment Law, Overlap, Fragmentation

7.

Consistency and Legal Innovation in the BIT Universe

Stanford Public Law Working Paper No. 2595288
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2015
Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics, Students
Downloads 67 (137,154)

Abstract:

Bilateral investment treaties, international investment law, international law, text as data

8.

Amicable Settlements of WTO Disputes: Bilateral Solutions in a Multilateral System

World Trade Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 18 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2013
Wolfgang Alschner
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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WTO, Dispute Settlement, Mutually Agreed Solutions, Amicable Settlements, Memorandum of Understanding

9.

Aligning Loss and Liability – Towards an Integrated Assessment of Damages in Investment Arbitration

Theresa Carpenter, Marion Jansen and Joost Pauwelyn (eds.), "The Use of Economics in International Trade Disputes: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead", Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Feb 2015
Wolfgang Alschner
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 21 (235,945)

Abstract:

Damage calculation, valuation, international investment arbitration, WTO

10.

Champions of Protection? A Text-as-Data Analysis of the Bilateral Investment Treaties of GCC Countries

International Review of Law, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2016
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 28 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2017
Wolfgang Alschner, Dmitriy Skougarevskiy and Mengyi Wang
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics, Students and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar
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Abstract:

GCC, Gulf States, Investment Policy, Investment Treaties, Empirical, Text-as-Data, Gulf Cooperation Council, Arab, Arab World, Investment, Middle East, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain

11.

Convergence and Divergence in the Investment Treaty Universe – Scoping the Potential for Multilateral Consolidation

Trade, Law & Development, Vol. 8, No.2, 2016, pp. 152-183, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2017-38
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2017
Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics, Students
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Abstract:

Investment Law, Investment Treaties, Convergence, Multilateral, Multilateralization, Consolidation, Text-as-Data, Empirical

12.

The Data-Driven Future of International Economic Law

Forthcoming, 20 Journal of International Economic Law (2017:2, 217-231) as Introduction to Special Issue on New Frontiers In Empirical Legal Research: Text-As-Data And Network Analysis Of International Economic Law
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Wolfgang Alschner, Joost Pauwelyn and Sergio Puig
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) and University of Arizona Law School
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Abstract:

empirical legal scholarship, big data, international economic law, BIT, WTO, free trade agreements

13.

Text-as-Data Analysis of Preferential Trade Agreements: Mapping the PTA Landscape

Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2017-32, UNCTAD Research Paper No. 5, UNCTAD/SER.RP/2017/5
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2017
Wolfgang Alschner, Julia Seiermann and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Students and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics, Students
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Abstract:

preferential trade agreements, free trade agreements, text-as-data, similarity, computational analysis of law, trade law, WTO

14.

Towards an Automated Production of Legal Texts Using Recurrent Neural Networks

16th International Conference Artificial Intelligence and Law, Conference Proceedings, June 2017, pp. 229-332., Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2017-27
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 18 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2017
Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics, Students
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Abstract:

recurrent neural network, artificial intelligence, law, document production, investment treaties, international law

15.

Can Robots Write Treaties? Using Recurrent Neural Networks to Draft International Investment Agreements

in F. Bex and S. Villata (eds.), JURIX: Legal Knowledge and Information Systems, IOS Press, 2016, pp. 119-114.
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 14 Jun 2017
Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics, Students
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Abstract:

recurrent neural network, investment treaties, machine learning, legal drafting, text-as-data, artificial intelligence

16.

Locked in Language: Historical Sociology and the Path Dependency of Investment Treaty Design

in: M.Hirsch & A. Lang (eds)., Edward Elgar Research Handbook on the Sociology of International Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Mar 2017
Wolfgang Alschner
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 0 (275,785)

Abstract:

Investment Law, Investment Treaties, Investment Agreements, Path Dependency, Historical Sociology, Fair and Equitable Treatment, Text as Data, Computational Analysis, Law & Language

17.

The Growing Complexity of the International Court of Justice's Self-Citation Network: Institutional Achievement or Access-to-Justice Concern?

European Journal of International Law (Forthcoming), University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 59/2016
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2017
Wolfgang Alschner and Damien Charlotin
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, Students
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Abstract:

ICJ, International Court of Justice, Citation Network, Precedent, Text as data, Computational Analysis of Law, Network Analysis

18.

The New Gold Standard? Empirically Situating the TPP in the Investment Treaty Universe

Journal of World Investment & Trade, Vol. 17, pp. 339-373
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Aug 2016
Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics, Students
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Abstract:

Transpacific Partnership, TPP, investment, text as data

19.

Mapping the Universe of International Investment Agreements

Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2016, pp. 561-588.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2017
Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics, Students
Downloads 0 (113,750)

Abstract:

International Investment Agreements, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Text as Data, Computational Analysis of Law

20.

Rule-Takers or Rule-Makers? A New Look at African Bilateral Investment Treaty Practice

TDM Special Issue on Int'l Arbitration involving Commercial and Investment Disputes in Africa (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Jun 2016
Wolfgang Alschner and Dmitriy Skougarevskiy
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics, Students
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The Impact of Investment Arbitration on Investment Treaty Design: Myth versus Reality

The Impact of Investment Arbitration on Investment Treaty Design: Myth versus Reality, Yale Journal of International Law, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2017, pp. 1-66.
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 18 May 2016 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2017
Wolfgang Alschner
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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Abstract:

Investor-state Arbitration, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Impact, Rule-making

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