Nicola Claire Strain

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Biography

Nicola Strain is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Public and International Law working on the interpretation and application of international law by international and national courts.

Nicola previously worked as a researcher in the Compliance Politics in International Investment Disputes (COPIID) project at PluriCourts. She completed her PhD at PluriCourts in 2022 on the topic of the jurisdiction of the WTO and investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms as part of an interdisciplinary project on State Consent to International Jurisdiction. She also holds a Master of Law degree (LLM) from the University of Cambridge (2017 - 2018) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB, First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Arts (BA, First Class Honours) from the University of Western Australia (2007 - 2012). Nicola has also been a visiting research fellow at the Graduate Institute, Geneva and Columbia University Law School. Nicola is also an experienced lawyer, having held legal positions in Australia.

Tags: Trade, Investment, International Dispute Settlement, International Law

Publications

  • 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. doi: 10.1093/jiel/jgae004.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2023). Methodological Consistency in the Interpretation of International Treaties in Investor-State Arbitration - An Empirical Study. In Moss, Giuditta Cordero & Arroyo, Diego P. Fernandez (Ed.), Applicable Law Issues in International Arbitration. Brill|Nijhoff. ISSN 9789004682382. p. 209–235. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2023). The Intersection between Global Health Law and Investor-State Disputes: Assessing the Potential for Fragmentation after a Global Pandemic. In Fan, Kun & Weng, Xiao-Chun Charlie (Ed.), COVID-19 and International Business and Economic Law: China and a Changing World. Academy Publishing. ISSN 9789811862007. p. 107–139.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2022). Invoking Systemic Ideals or Systemic Rules? Jurisdiction in WTO and Investor-State Dispute Settlement. Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht. ISSN 0044-2348. 82(2), p. 401–424. doi: 10.17104/0044-2348-2022-2-401. Full text in Research Archive
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2019). Regulating Collective Resources under Multilateral Treaties: The Decision in Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v Japan). Melbourne Journal of International Law. ISSN 1444-8602. 20(2), p. 572–597.

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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.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2023). Compliance with Investment Arbitration Awards and the Limits of International Law.
  • Espelid, Even; Strain, Nicola Claire & St John, Taylor (2023). Compliance with International Investment Awards.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2023). Enforcers of Fairness? The Use (or Abuse) of Annulment Proceedings.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2021). Consent and the System of International Law.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2021). Invoking Ideals over Legal Rules.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2021). Invoking Systemic Ideals or Legal Rules? How International Economic Tribunals Approach Systemic Integration and Jurisdiction. völkerrechtsblog. ISSN 2510-2567. doi: 10.17176/20210901-112603-0.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2021). Shai Dothan, International Judicial Review: When Should International Courts Intervene? Leiden Journal of International Law. ISSN 0922-1565. 34(1), p. 271–274. doi: 10.1017/S0922156520000576.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2020). Confusion and Uncertainty in Procedure: The Forgotten Problem of Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in International Economic Disputes.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2020). Assessing emergencies before investor-state arbitral tribunals: BITs fit for purpose to address global health pandemics?
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2019). The Murky Waters of Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in International Economic Disputes.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2019). The Murky Waters of Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in International Economic Disputes.
  • Strain, Nicola Claire (2022). Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in Investor-State and WTO Dispute Settlement: Comparing Consent and Inconsistency in the Application of Other International Law. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 1890-2375.

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Published Sep. 7, 2018 2:27 PM - Last modified June 26, 2023 4:51 PM