1954 to 1994 archival documents support the monograph 'The Rise of Investor-State Arbitration'. The collection includes conversations, meetings, and letters between national and international officials, sourced primarily from German, UK, Swiss, and US archives. Taylor St John compiled these documents into PDFs for deposit.
Use Cases
- Analyzing the evolution of legal frameworks based on historical correspondence between officials
- Triangulating findings from archival records with other historical sources
- Studying the political negotiations behind international arbitration treaties
Strengths
- Documents span 40 years from 1954 to 1994
- Sources include four major national archives and the World Bank Group Archives
- Documents were compiled into PDFs for user accessibility
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data consists only of archival documents; supporting interview materials are not included
Provenance
- Source
- German Federal Archives, UK National Archives, Swiss Federal Archives, US government archives, World Bank Group Archives
- Collection Method
- Documents were photographed in archives by Taylor St John and a research assistant, then compiled into PDFs.
- Time Range
- 1954-1994
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-20 21:10:47; freshness should be verified