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Laura Létourneau-Tremblay

Associate Professor

Email: laura.letourneautremblay@inn.no
Phone number: +47 62 51 72 09

Inland School of Business and Social Sciences
Department of Law
Campus Lillehammer

Short description

Laura Létourneau Tremblay is an Associate Professor at Inland Norway University of Applied Science. She completed her PhD in law at the University of Oslo/Pluricourts focusing on how international investment tribunals have dealt with environmental concerns in investor-state disputes. She also holds a Master of Law Degree (LLM) in public international law from the University of Oslo and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Université Laval (Québec, Canada). She is associated as research fellow with the Earth System Governance network, the Chair on New Challenges of Economic Globalization (Canada) and the Department of Public and International Law of the University of Oslo. She is also consultant for the World Trade Institute (WTI) in Geneva.

Research

Laura's research focuses on international investment law, compliance with investor-state disputes and reforms of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). She is particularly interested in the interactions between international investment law and environmental and climate change policy making, and on innovative and critical perspectives for analyzing international investment law.

Research groups

Legal Development

Strain, Nicola Claire; Lie, Runar Hilleren; Chernykh, Yuliya; Espelid, Even; St John, Taylor & Langford, Malcolm [Show all 20 contributors for this article] (2024). Compliance politics and international investment disputes: a new dataset. Journal of international economic law. ISSN 1369-3034. 27(1), p. 70–92. doi: 10.1093/jiel/jgae004.
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2022). In Need of a Paradigm Shift: Reimagining Eco Oro v Colombia in Light of New Treaty Language. Journal of World Investment & Trade. ISSN 1660-7112. 23(5-6), p. 915–946. doi: 10.1163/22119000-12340274.
Behn, Daniel; Langford, Malcolm Stroud; Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura & Lie, Runar Hilleren (2021). Evidence-Guided Reform: Surveying the Empirical Research on Arbitrator Bias and Diversity in Investor-State Arbitration. In Elsig, Manfred; Polanco, Rodrigo & van der Bossche, Peter (Ed.), International Economic Dispute Settlement: Demise or Transformation?. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781108832830. p. 264–294. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The post-Cold War era has seen an unprecedented move towards more legalization in international cooperation and a growth of third-party dispute settlement systems. WTO panels, the Appellate Body and investor-state dispute settlement cases have received increasing attention beyond the core trade and investment constituencies within governments. Scrutiny by business, civil society, academia, and trade and investment experts has been on the rise. This book asks whether we observe a transformation or a demise of existing institutions and mechanisms to adjudicate disputes over trade or investment. It makes a contribution to the question in which direction international economic dispute settlement is heading in times of change, uncertainty and increasing economic nationalism. In order to do so, it brings together chapters written by leading researchers and experts in law and political science to address the challenges of settling disputes in the global economy and to sketch possible scenarios ahead of us.
Gáspár-Szilágyi, Szilárd & Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2020). A Question of Impartiality: Who are the Dissenting Arbitrators in Investment Treaty Arbitration? In Baetens, Freya (Eds.), Identity and Diversity on the International Bench: Who is the Judge?. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198870753. p. 280–312.
Behn, Daniel; Langford, Malcolm & Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2020). Empirical Perspectives on Investment Arbitration: What Do We Know? Does It Matter? Journal of World Investment & Trade. ISSN 1660-7112. 21, p. 188–250. doi: 10.1163/22119000-12340172.
Giorgetti, Chiara; Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura; Behn, Daniel & Langford, Malcolm (2020). Special Issue: Reforming International Investment Arbitration - An Introduction. The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals. ISSN 1569-1853. 18(3), p. 303–313. doi: 10.1163/15718034-12341406.
Behn, Daniel Friedrich; Fauchald, Ole Kristian & Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2017). Promoting renewable energy in the EU: Shifting trends in Member state policy space. European Business Law Review. ISSN 0959-6941. 28(2), p. 217–243. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2704333.
Behn, Daniel Friedrich & Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2016). Judging the Misapplication of a State’s Own Environmental Regulations. Journal of World Investment & Trade. ISSN 1660-7112. 17(5), p. 823 –832. doi: 10.1163/22119000-12340013.

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Strain, Nicola; Lie, Runar Hilleren; Chernykh, Yuliya; St John, Taylor; Espelid, Even & Langford, Malcolm [Show all 19 contributors for this article] (2023). Compliance Politics and International Investment Disputes: A New Dataset. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2023). The Environment and Investor-State Arbitration: Evolution or Devolution?
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2023). International Investment Law and Climate Change : Towards Alignment?
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2023). Les questions environnementales en arbitrage international d’investissement : un bilan.
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2023). Taking stock and moving forward after 30 years of debating environmental issues.
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2023). International Investment Law from an Adaptive Law Perspective .
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2023). International Investment Law from an Adaptive Law Perspective.
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2022). Input for the Study by the Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development in International Investment Law.
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2022). Reimagining Eco Oro v. Colombia in light of reformed provisions on fair and equitable treatment: Skillful (re)balancing act?
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2022). Reformed Provisions on Fair and Equitable Treatment: Skillful (Re)Balancing Act for Environmental Protection and Climate Change?
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2022). Reimagine Eco Oro v. Columbia in Light of Reformed Investment Treaties: Winds of Change?
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2021). PluriCourts Lunch Seminar: The Changing Landscape of International Investment Law: Supportive of Climate Change?
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2021). The Changing Landscape of International Investment Law: Supportive of Climate Change?
Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2021). Recent International Investment Treaty Practice and Environmental Protection: Fit for Purpose? .
Langford, Malcolm; Behn, Daniel & Létourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2019). EJUL Talk! Blog, 5 April 2019: Investment Arbitration and its Discontents: An Empirical Assessment.
Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2019). Interdisciplinarity and International Economic Law: Diverse Approaches in Research and Practice.
Langford, Malcolm; Behn, Daniel & Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2019). Investment Arbitration and its Discontents: An Empirical Assessment.
Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2019). Arbitration's Relationship to Policy and Doctrinal Research.
Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2019). Counterclaims and Investors’ Obligations: New Paradigm?
Gáspár-Szilágyi, Szilárd & Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2018). Who are the Dissenting Arbitrators in International Investment Treaty Arbitration?
Gáspár-Szilágyi, Szilárd & Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2018). Who are the Dissenting Arbitrators in International Investment Treaty Arbitration?
Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2018). Lawful casualty or victim of a war crime? ScienceNordic.com.
Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2017). 'The Human Rights of Migrants and Refugees in European Law' by Cathryn Costello. Israel Law Review. ISSN 0021-2237.
Letourneau-Tremblay, Laura (2015). The Bilcon decision: environmental review processes and threats of regulatory chill.

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Postal Address

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Postboks 400 Vestad
2418 Elverum
Norway