Armand Claude de Mestral

McGill University - Faculty of Law

Jean Monnet Professor of Law

3644 Peel Street

Montreal H3A 1W9, Quebec H3A 1W9

Canada

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

12

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TOTAL CITATIONS

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Ideas:
“  I’m currently working on; 1) a study of the remedies available to foreign investors under domestic law as compared to remedies under BITs and investment chapters in RTAs; 2) changes taking place in the international legal regime of protection of foreign investors in developing countries; 3) the role of the parliament of Canada in the respect of foreign relations.  ”

Scholarly Papers (12)

1.

FDI Perspectives: Issues in International Investment

FDI PERSPECTIVES: ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, K. Sauvant, L. Sachs, K. Davies, R. Zandvliet, eds., Vale Columbia Center, 2011
Number of pages: 122 Posted: 23 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2023
Columbia University, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden Law School, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Independent, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Political Science, Duke University - Department of Political Science, University of Michigan Law School, Autonomous University of Madrid, Independent, WU, Vienna University of Economics and BA, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, East-West Center, Drylands Research, United Nations, Independent, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective GoodsUniversity of Hamburg, Law School, University of Melbourne - Law School, Investment Division, OECD, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Investment Division, School of Management, University at Buffalo (SUNY), University of Oklahoma, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Independent, Heenan Blaikie LLP, McGill University - Faculty of Law, USC Gould School of Law, Boston University, University College London, American University - Washington College of Law, Columbia University - Law School, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Washburn University - School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, York University - Osgoode Hall Law School and Independent
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International investment treaties and arbitration, national investment policies, emerging market investors

2.

Rethinking the Relationship between International and Domestic Law

Armand De Mestral & Evan Fox-Decent, "Rethinking the Relationship Between International and Domestic Law" (2009) 53:4 McGill LJ 573.
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 28 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2015
Armand Claude de Mestral and Evan Fox-Decent
McGill University - Faculty of Law and McGill University - Faculty of Law
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International law, reception, implementation, rule of law, treaty, customary law

3.

The Constitutional Functions of the Caribbean Court of Justice

McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Nov 2015
Armand Claude de Mestral
McGill University - Faculty of Law
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Caribbean Court of Justice, CARICOM, constitutional role, costs for litigants, influence on the legal profession, development of a community law

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FDI Perspectives: Issues in International Investment, 2nd Edition

K. Sauvant and J. Reimer, eds., New York: Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, 2012
Number of pages: 282 Posted: 16 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2018
Karl P. Sauvant, Jennifer Reimer, Todd Allee, Ilan Alon, Alice H. Amsden, Tadahiro Asami, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Paul Barbour, Christian Bellak, Axel Berger, Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Subrata Bhattacharjee, Harry G. Broadman, Elizabeth Broomfield, Gert Bruche, Matthias Busse, John A. Cantwell, Aleh Cherp, Lorenzo Cotula, Nandita Dasgupta, Kenneth Davies, Alexandre de Gramont, Armand Claude de Mestral, Kabir Duggal, Persephone Economou, John Evans, David N. Fagan, Mark Feldman, Hermann Ferré, Daniel M. Firger, Daniel M. Firger, Veljko Fotak, Susan Franck, Kevin P. Gallagher, Nilgun Gokgur, Kathryn Gordon, Jose Guimon, Thilo Hanemann, Torfinn Harding, Jean-François Hennart, Seev Hirsch, Wing (Xiaoying) Huo, Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, Nathan M. Jensen, Lise Johnson, Thomas Jost, George Kahale III, Kalman Kalotay, Laza Kekic, John M. Kline, Charles Kovacs, Jürgen Kurtz, Jo En Low, Miguel Pérez Ludeña, Edmund J. Malesky, Geraldine McAllister, William L. Megginson, Sophie Meunier, Michael Mortimore, Joel Moser, Michael D. Nolan, Peter Nunnenkamp, Terutomo Ozawa, Clint Peinhardt, Nicolás M. Perrone, Luke Eric Peterson, Mark Plotkin, Joachim Pohl, Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen, Carlos Razo, Daniel Rosen, Martin Roy, Giorgio Sacerdoti, Premila Nazareth Satyanand, Manfred Schekulin, Stephan W. Schill, Francisco Colman Sercovich, Arjen HL Slangen, Roger Smeets, Hans Smit, M. Sornarajah, Frederic G. Sourgens, Jonathan Strauss, Kenneth P. Thomas, Margo Thomas, Perrine Toledano, Julien Topal, Anne van Aaken, Anne van Aaken, Gus Van Harten, Daniel Villar, Sandy Walker, Mira Wilkins, Jason W. Yackee and Chen Zhao
Columbia University, Independent, Independent, University of Agder - School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Independent, University of Michigan Law School, Independent, WU, Vienna University of Economics and BA, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - German Development Institute (DIE), University of Groningen, Heenan Blaikie LLP, World Bank - Europe and Central Asia Region, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Ruhr-University Bochum, Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick, Central European University, Independent, Independent, Columbia University, Independent, McGill University - Faculty of Law, Independent, World Bank Group, Saint Peter's University, Independent, Peking University School of Transnational Law, Independent, New York University School of LawColumbia Center for Climate Change Law, School of Management, University at Buffalo (SUNY), American University - Washington College of Law, Boston University, Independent, Investment Division, OECD, Autonomous University of Madrid, Independent, University of Oxford, Tilburg University - Tilburg University School of Economics and Management, Tel Aviv University - Faculty of Management, Independent, University of Oxford - Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Political Science, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg, Independent, Institute of World Economics, Independent, Independent, Independent, University of Melbourne - Law School, Independent, Independent, Duke University - Department of Political Science, Columbia University, University of Oklahoma, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Independent, Independent, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, University of Kiel, East-West Center, University of Texas at Dallas, Escuela de Derecho, Universidad de Valparaíso, Independent, Independent, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) - Investment Division, University College London, United Nations, Independent, World Trade Organization (WTO) - Trade in Services Division, Bocconi University - Department of Law, Independent, Government of the Republic of Austria - Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, University of Amsterdam, Independent, University of Amsterdam Business School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Management & Global Business, Columbia University - Law School, National University of Singapore - Faculty of Law, Washburn University - School of Law, Independent, University of Missouri at Saint Louis, Independent, Columbia University - Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, European University Institute - Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS), Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective GoodsUniversity of Hamburg, Law School, York University - Osgoode Hall Law School, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Economics, Independent, Florida International University (FIU) - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin Law School and Independent
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Born to Be Wild: The 'Trans‐Systemic' Programme at McGill and the De‐Nationalization of Legal Education

German Law Journal, Vol. 10, No. 7, p. 889, 2009, CLPE Research Paper No. 34/2009
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2014
Helge Dedek and Armand Claude de Mestral
McGill University - Faculty of Law and McGill University - Faculty of Law
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Legal education, Legal education at McGill University, Trans-systemic

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Implementation and Reception: The Congeniality of Canada's Legal Order to International Law

THE GLOBALIZED RULE OF LAW: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW, Oonagh Fitzgerald, et. al. eds., Irwin Law, 2006
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2015
Armand Claude de Mestral and Evan Fox-Decent
McGill University - Faculty of Law and McGill University - Faculty of Law
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international law, rule of law, dualism, human rights, implementation, judicial review, reception

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Investor-State Arbitration between Developed Democratic Countries

CIGI Policy Brief, 2015
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Nov 2015
Armand Claude de Mestral
McGill University - Faculty of Law
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International Investment Law, Investment Treaty Arbitration, NAFTA, International Investment Agreements, Developed Democracies

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The Constitutional Functions of the Caribbean Court of Justice

McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Jun 2015
Armand Claude de Mestral
McGill University - Faculty of Law
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CARICOM, CCJ, Caribbean Court of Justice, Caribbean, law, constitutional law, constitution, international organization

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Dispute Settlement Under the WTO and RTAs: An Uneasy Relationship

Journal of International Economic Law (2013) pp. 1-49
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Nov 2015
Armand Claude de Mestral
McGill University - Faculty of Law
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Dispute Settlement, World Trade Organization, Regional Trade Agreements, Trade Law, International Arbitration, Interaction WTO and RTAs

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How Best to Ensure Respect for the Right to Regulate in the Face of Foreign Investment Commitments: A Reformed ISA Process or a Return to the WTO

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Dec 2017
Armand Claude de Mestral and Lukas Vanhonnaeker
McGill University - Faculty of Law and McGill University - McGill University, Faculty of Law
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International Investment Law, Investment Treaty Arbitration, ISA, ISDS, International Investment Agreements, WTO, Regulatory Powers, Regulatory Chill, Sovereignty, GATS, GATS Mode 3

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When Does the Exception Become the Rule? Conserving Regulatory Space Under CETA

Journal of International Economic Law, 2015, pp. 1-13
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 01 Nov 2015
Armand Claude de Mestral
McGill University - Faculty of Law
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International Investment Law, Investment Treaty Arbitration, CETA, International Investment Agreements, Regulatory Space, Exceptions

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Exceptions Clauses in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Between the EU and Canada: A Model for Future 'Mega-Regional' Agreements?

Armand De Mestral, "Exceptions Clauses in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada: A Model for Future 'Mega-Regional' Agreements?" in A.K. Bjorklund; J.P. Gaffney; F. Gélinas; H. Wöss (eds), 'TDM CETA Special', TDM 1 (2016)
Posted: 19 Apr 2016
Armand Claude de Mestral
McGill University - Faculty of Law

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CETA, Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, International Investment Law, Free Trade Agreements, FTA, exceptions provisions, investment arbitration, regulatory space, ISDS, ISA