# International Arbitration

63 Va. J. Int’l L. 289 (2023) ♦ Note

A New Approach to Status Determination in International Arbitration? A Comparison of Larsen v. Hawaiian Kingdom and the Disputes Concerning Venezuela’s Representation before ICSID Tribunals

Before deciding cases submitted to them, international tribunals first need to determine the identity of the parties and their representatives. In international arbitration, this kind of status determination not only implicates core concepts of statehood and governance…

FRITZ KAINZ

61 Va. J. Int’l L. 161 (2021) ♦ Article

Arbitral Courts

In recent years, states from Delaware to Dubai have been establishing something in between courts and arbitration, what this Article calls “arbitral courts.” Arbitral courts mimic arbitration’s traditional features. They hire internationally well-regarded judges who…

PAMELA K. BOOKMAN

59 Va. J. Int’l L. 176 (2019) ♦ Article

Transparency in International Commercial Arbitration: Adopting a Balanced Approach

The United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration entered into force on October 18, 2017, and marks a step in the growing international effort to increase transparency in international arbitration. International arbitration is a…

MARY ZHAO

61 Va. J. Int’l L. 431 (2021) ♦ Article

The Substantive Value of Diversity in Investment Treaty Arbitration

Diversity in investment treaty arbitration (ITA), as in many other areas of law and beyond, presents an ongoing struggle. Commentators generally agree that a lack of diversity in the pool of arbitrators undermines the regime’s legitimacy. But views are more tentative…

RICHARD C. CHEN

60 Va. J. Int’l L. 225 (2020) ♦ Article

The New Legal Hubs: The Emergent Landscape of International Commercial Dispute Resolution

New legal hubs (NLHs) are “one-stop shops” for cross-border commercial dispute resolution, often found in financial centers, and promoted as an official policy by nondemocratic or hybrid (i.e., democratic and authoritarian) states. NLHs address the…

MATTHEW S. ERIE