Introduction

This article was prepared as a background paper for the 2 nd General Counsels' Roundtable organized by the Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects at Stanford University in February 2006. Following the research directions laid out in the 1 st Roundtable, the 2 nd Roundtable was organized to assemble a set of leading experts with experience in the renegotiations and resolutions of disputes that played out during the 1990s following widespread breakdowns in long-term private infrastructure investment agreements. This article provides context for ...