Jonathan “J. J.” Gass

Publications

  1. “International Dispute Resolution Procedures” and “Balancing a Diversity of Interests”
    Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, edited by Professor Thomas Cottier et al., 2017.
    Chapters addressing procedural aspects of public international law arbitration and the balance between free trade, investor protection, and other public interests in international economic law.

  2. “Thoughts from an Expert”
    In International Investment Law: Text, Cases and Materials, Professor Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, 2013.
    Commentary concerning non-expropriation standards of host-state conduct.

  3. “Rule 41(5): A Counsel’s-Eye View”
    In The Future of ICSID and the Place of Investment Treaties in International Law, edited by N. Jansen Calamita et al., 2013.
    Chapter addressing practical and strategic considerations relating to ICSID’s procedure for the summary dismissal of unmeritorious claims.

  4. “Arbitration, Insurance, Investment, Corruption, and Poverty”
    In Poverty and the International Economic Legal System, edited by Professor Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, 2013.
    Chapter providing an overview of international commercial arbitration, investor–state arbitration, corruption, state-related arbitration finance, and state investment-guarantee insurance.

  5. “Observations on Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc.”
    In International Arbitration Court Decisions, 3rd edition, edited by Stephen Bond and Frédéric Bachand, 2011.
    Chapter examining the implications of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on parties’ ability to expand statutory grounds for setting aside arbitral awards under the Federal Arbitration Act. The chapter was revised from an article published in the Stockholm International Arbitration Review in 2008.

  6. Netherlands Chapter
    Comparative Legal Guide to International Arbitration 2009, edited by Gary Born, with Alexandra Schluep.
    A practical guide to the Netherlands Arbitration Act and other aspects of Dutch international arbitration for non-specialist readers.

  7. “No ‘Convincing Explanation’: Setting Aside Poorly Reasoned Awards in The Netherlands”
    Mealey’s International Arbitration Report, May 2006.
    Article discussing a Dutch Supreme Court decision concerning the setting aside of arbitral awards that do not provide a convincing explanation for their outcome. It included an unofficial translation of the decision prepared with Dutch colleagues.

  8. A New Birth of Freedom: The Forgotten History of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments
    With Nathan Newman, 2004.
    Monograph examining the history of the U.S. Reconstruction Amendments and critiquing modern Supreme Court jurisprudence in light of their original meaning.

  9. “Federalism Jujitsu”
    National Civic Review, Vol. 93, No. 2, Summer 2004.
    Article reviewing “new federalism” doctrines and case law, and advocating greater attention to state and local government by political reformers and activists.

  10. Defending and Amending the Canons After White

    1. Monograph concerning constitutional challenges to judicial-conduct canons, written for judges, judicial-conduct commissions, good-government organisations, and journalists.

Conferences & Speaking Engagements

  1. University of Basel — “Regulating International Transfers of Data”

    1. Panellist at the International Economic Law Roundtable: Data, WTO Law, and Investment Law.

  2. Worshipful Company of Arbitrators Symposium — “How to Develop an Arbitration Practice”

    1. Panellist discussing arbitrator selection.

  3. British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Investment Treaty Forum Conference — “Why Still ICSID? Summary Procedures, Annulment Proceedings and the Future of ICSID Arbitration”
    November 2011.
    Panellist discussing summary procedures in ICSID arbitration.

  4. University of Basel Conference — “Poverty and International Economic Law: Duties to the World’s Poor”
    October 2011.
    Chaired a panel on investment and arbitration.

  5. British Institute of International and Comparative Law — Energy Charter Treaty Conference
    January 2008.
    Panellist addressing arbitration under the investment chapter of the Energy Charter Treaty.

Additional Academic Contributions

J. J. Gass has lectured at the Asser Institute in The Hague, the University of St. Gallen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) programme. He has also spoken at professional and academic conferences in London, Johannesburg, Basel, and other international locations.