Introduction

[2013 Harvard International Law Journal Symposium Keynote Address] - In 1998, the book Dealing in Virtue discussed the growth of international arbitration and a cadre of elite arbitrators who, through intense competition, established themselves as trustworthy to resolve high-stakes global disputes. The book observed mild opposition to arbitration from certain corners. Over the next decade and a half, that opposition grew more intense, predominantly from leftist academics and anti-globalization groups and from States that found themselves as respondents in investment treaty ...