Kluwer: Global Perspectives on Teaching International Investment Arbitration: Reflections on Three Plus Decades of Change and Continuity
Published on October 1, 2026
I started teaching a course I called “International Law on Foreign Investment” as an adjunct professor at Cardozo Law School in the fall of 1992. The course was highly unusual at that time, with investment typically getting a little treatment in an international economics law course. Since then, I have taught the course regularly, generally covering the process of foreign investment, the substantive content of international investment law (“IIL”), and methods for resolving disputes between investors and states. Over more than three de
