Professor
Osgoode Hall Law School -
Phone: (416) 736 - 2100 Ext. 58419
gvanharten@osgoode.yorku.caKey Areas of Expertise
- Administrative law
- Trade treaties and agreements
- National security confidentiality
- Canada’s investment treaty (FIPA) with China
- Investment law and foreign investment
- Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
- Regulatory disputes between states and investors
- The case for an international investment court
- Public inquiries
- NAFTA
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Osgoode Hall Law School Profile
Book - Sovereign Choices and Sovereign Constraints: Judicial Restraint in Investment Treaty Arbitration
Radio Canada International – Sold Down the Yangtze: The story of Canada’s FIPA with China
Toronto Star – WU trade pact could weaken Ottawa’s power to regulate banks
The Globe and Mail - What trade rules can Canada turn to if Trump rips up NAFTA?
Huffington Post – Ottawa ratifies foreign investment deal with China despite tensions
Book - Sold Down the Yangtze
The Canadian Press - Voters might be in dark on TPP at the polls
Media Release - York U prof's recommendations first steps to protecting countries from climate change lawsuits by oil companies
Radio Canada International - Legal protection for climate change actions
CBC News - COP21 must address the trade cost of carbon pricing: Don Pittis
National Magazine - Investors vs. The State
The Globe and Mail - TransCanada the underdog in NAFTA gambit over Keystone XL rejection
Common Dreams - New Study Confirms: Private 'Trade' Courts Serve the Ultra-Wealthy
The Hill Times - ‘We’re not under the gun’ to ratify TPP, says Liberal trade rep
Bilaterals.org - ISDS in the revised CETA: positive steps, but is it a “gold standard”?
The Huffington Post - The Big Problem With The Trans-Pacific Partnership’s Super Court That We’re Not Talking About
Huffington Post – The secret trade treaty you need to know about
Radio Canada International - More tough talk on trade from U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Financial Post - NAFTA: It's less important to Canada than you might think
Awards
Insight Grant (co-applicant) - 2012
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Partnership Development Grant (co-applicant) - 2012
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Teaching Award - 2010
Osgoode Hall Law School
Research Fellowship - 2010
Osgoode Hall Law School
Affiliations
Legal Advisor to the Commissioner
Arar Inquiry, Ottawa (June 2004 - January 2005)
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