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Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez

Texas A&M University School of Law

Professor

1515 Commerce St.

Fort Worth, TX Tarrant County 76102

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

24

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3,777

TOTAL CITATIONS

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“  Guillermo J. Garcia-Sanchez's scholarship sits at the intersection of international economic law, energy security, and global governance, focusing on how trade, investment, and dispute-resolution regimes shape geopolitical competition, strategic resource control, and national security. His research examines the legal architecture of energy security, economic coercion, and authoritarian state power, including the role of trade and investment law in managing strategic resources, sanctions, and cross-border energy conflict.  ”

Scholarly Papers (24)

1.

In the Name of Energy Sovereignty

Boston College Law Review, Vol.63.1, 2475 (2022), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-26
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2022
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 466 (153,016)

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USCMA, energy law, international energy, international economic law, international trade, international investment law, U.S.-Mexico relations, NAFTA, environmental law, climate change

2.

The Hydrocarbons Industry's Challenge to International Investment Law: A Critical Approach

57 Harvard International Law Journal 475 (2016), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-51
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 13 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2018
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 354 (210,353)

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The Footprint of the Chinese Petro-Dragon: The Future of Investment Law in Transboundary Resources

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 2, 313-364, (2020), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-31
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 May 2019 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2020
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 234 (326,127)

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China, International Investment Law, Gulf of Mexico, USMCA, Transboundary Resources, Oil and Gas, South China Sea, Unitization, U.S.-Mexico Relations, NAFTA, International Trade, International Laws of the Sea, Public International Law, Deepwater Expl

4.

The Other Secret Deals: Uncovering The Power of Non-Binding International Agreements

48 Fordham International Law Journal 285-351 (2025), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 24-92
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 23 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2025
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 209 (364,680)

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Public International Law, Foreign Relations Law, International Treaties, U.S.-Mexico Relations, international non-binding agreements, international executive agreements

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The 2012 Agreement on the Exploitation of Transboundary Hydrocarbon Resources in the Gulf of Mexico: Confirmation of the Rule or Emergence of a New Practice?

37 Houston Journal of International Law 3, 2015
Number of pages: 114 Posted: 17 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2018
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez and Richard McLaughlin
Texas A&M University School of Law and Texas A&M University
Downloads 209 (364,680)

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Gulf of Mexico, transboundary resources, oil and gas exploitation, law of the seas, international law on resources, Mexico energy reform, joint exploitation, bilateral customary international law

6.

The Fine Print of the Mexican Energy Reform

MEXICO’S NEW ENERGY REFORM, Duncan Wood, ed., Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2018, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 18-62
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2018
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 201 (378,726)
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international petroleum transactions, Mexico, Energy Reform, oil and gas contracts, Mexican law, foreign direct investment, investment arbitration, international dispute resolution

7.

When Drills and Pipelines Cross Indigenous Lands in the Americas

51 Seton Hall Law Review 1121 (2021), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-02
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 18 May 2020 Last Revised: 24 May 2021
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 198 (384,172)

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international investment law, indigenous rights, ILO agreement 169, international economic law, international human rights, inter-americas court of human rights, USMCA, NAFTA, international petroleum transactions, property law, international courts, international tribunals, international development

8.

Defrosting Regulatory Chill

45 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 597 (2024), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-14
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 17 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2024
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 193 (393,598)

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international law, international investment law, international arbitration, international investment arbitration, international economic law, ADR, international energy, international energy investments, energy law, energy investments, Latin America, ICSID, energy and governance,

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Las letras pequeñas de la reforma energética de México (Spanish edition of The Fine Print of the Mexican Energy Reform)

La Nueva Reforma Energética de México, Duncan Wood, ed., Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2018, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 18-62
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2018
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 190 (399,431)

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The Mexican Petroleum License of 2013: A Step to the Past to Bring Mexico into the Present and the Grounds for an Uncertain Future

THE CHARACTER OF PETROLEUM LICENSES, (Edward Elgar, 2020), Edited by Tina Soliman Hunter, Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, and Ernst Nordtveit, (Book Chapter, forthcoming November 2020)., Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-21
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2020
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 186 (407,391)

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Mexico Energy Reform, International Oil and Gas, International Petroleum Transactions, Exploration and Production Licenses, AMLO, Investment Protection, International Investment Arbitration, International Oil and Gas Dispute Resolution

11.

To Speak with One Voice: The Political Effects of Centralizing the International Legal Defense of the State

Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 34, No. 3, 557-635 (2017), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-63
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 20 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2018
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 153 (485,678)
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International Law, International Courts, Human Rights, International Adjudication, Executive Power, U.S. Constitutional Law, Latin American Constitutional Law, Courts, Adjudicatory Theory, Constitutionalism, Defense of the State, Defense of the Federal Government

12.

North American Energy in the Crossfire

55 Cornell Int'l L.J. 215 (2022), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 532, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-09
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 29 Feb 2024
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez and James W. Coleman
Texas A&M University School of Law and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - School of Law
Downloads 147 (502,974)

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U.S.-Mexico Energy, U.S.-Mexico Relations, International Energy law, International Dispute Resolution, International Economic Law, USMCA, NAFTA, Energy Governance, Energy Investments

13.

The Blurring of the Public/Private Distinction or the Collapse of a Category? The Story of Investment Arbitration

Nevada Law Journal, Vol. 18, pp. 489-509, 2018, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 18-01
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2018
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 136 (537,489)

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international investment law, international arbitration, international eocnomic law, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, remedies in international law, public international law

14.

The Rise of the Authoritarian International Economic Order

57 Georgetown Journal of International Law (forthcoming, 2026)
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 15 May 2026
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 134 (544,251)

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international law, international economic law, international trade, international investment law, international maritime law, international finance law, international sanctions, international export controls, international economic coercion

15.

The Return of Context to the Federal Arbitration Act: How International Standards Eroded U.S. Arbitration Protections

16. 3 UC Irvine Law Review, 2026, Forthcoming, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 25-73
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2026
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez and Ian C. Stephens
Texas A&M University School of Law and Texas A&M University (TAMU), School of Law
Downloads 133 (547,695)

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A New International Legal Regime for a New Reality in the War Against Drugs

58 Harvard International Law Journal Online 39 (2017), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-67
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 29 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2018
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 124 (580,653)

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PROBLEMAS QUE ENFRENTA LA PRUEBA DIGITAL EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE NORTEAMÉRICA (Problems Faced by Digital Evidence in U.S. Law)

REJ – Revista de Estudios de la Justicia – Nº 21 – Año 2014
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 02 Apr 2019
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez and Juan Carlos Marin Gonzalez
Texas A&M University School of Law and Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Gobierno
Downloads 113 (626,371)

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prueba digital, proceso penal en EE.UU., cadena de custodia, normas y principios que rigen la prueba; digital evidence, USA criminal process, chain custody, law of evidence

18.

Energy Reform in Mexico: Lessons and Warnings from International Law

Harvard Kennedy School of Government Latin America Policy Journal, Third Edition, Spring 2014
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 01 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2017
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 88 (753,595)

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Mexico energy reform, investment arbitration in oil and gas, international law of transboundary resources, gulf of mexico, U.S.-Mexico relations

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Investment Cases in the Mexican Legal System: Willingness to Compensate, Federalism Issues, and Parallel Litigation

INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAJOR DECISIONS, Hélène Ruiz Fabri and Edoardo Stoppioni, eds., Hart Publishing, pp. 591-602, 2022, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-07
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 12 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 75 (837,727)

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international economic law, international investment law, NAFTA, international law in domestic courts, international arbitration, international investment treaties,

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Mexico’s Energy Reform and the 2012 U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Agreement. An Opportunity for Efficient, Effective and Safe Exploitation of the Gulf of Mexico

National Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2018, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 18-54
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2018
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
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Mexico, Mexico Energy Reform, Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Drilling, Transboundary resources, Safety and environmental standards,

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Final Report of the Mexican Reintegration Project Study

Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 25-34
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 May 2025
Texas A&M University School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law and Texas A&M University (TAMU), Central Texas
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22.

Resilient Dispute Resolution Systems for International Energy Conflicts

49 Seattle University Law Review 381, (2026), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 25-45
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Sep 2025 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2026
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
Downloads 56 (1,000,027)

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international energy, international investment, international trade, international dispute resolution

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Energy in the USMCA

THE FUTURE OF TRADE: A NORTH AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE, David Gantz and Tony Payan, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 69-95, 2023, Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 25-53
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 10 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2025
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
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USMCA; Agricultural biotechnology; NAFTA; Supply chains; Mexican government policies; Investor–state dispute settlement; President Lopez Obrador; Mexican energy law; Pemex; Comisión Federal de Electricidad; Biden administration; Inflation Reduction Act; State-to-state dispute settlement;

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Contradictions and Tensions in the Way the USMCA Regulates Energy

26.4 Journal of International Economic Law, 703 (2023)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2025
Guillermo J. Garcia Sanchez
Texas A&M University School of Law
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