Enrique Boone Barrera

Lecturer    

Enrique Boone Barrera
Faculty
Faculty

Enrique Boone Barrera

Lecturer

eboonebarrera@wlu.ca

 

Enrique Boone Barrera is a lecturer at Wilfrid Laurier University and an independent researcher working at the intersection between public policy, international economic law, and sustainable development. Enrique conducted his postdoctoral research at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, examining the effects of investor-state arbitration on developing countries. As part of this project, he helped organize three regional workshops with public officials from Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa. In addition, he has published his research in academic journals, books, and blogs. He has participated in multiple conferences, workshops, and consultations with public officials. Enrique’s broad research interests include international economic law, public policy analysis, global governance, comparative law, and law and development.

Enrique holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Tec de Monterrey, an LL.M. from Queen’s University, and a D.C.L. from McGill University.

Select Publications

  • Boone Barrera, Enrique (2020). Reconceptualizing International Investment Governance: The Challenges of Establishing Foreign Investor Obligations. In Oonagh Fitzgerald (Ed.) Corporate Citizen: New Perspectives on the Globalized Rule of Law (pp. 31-46). Waterloo, On: CIGI Press.
  • Boone Barrera, Enrique (2019). Extractive Industries and Investor–State Arbitration: Enforcing Home Standards Abroad. Sustainability, 11(24), 6963–6978.
  • Boone Barrera, Enrique (2019). Human Rights Obligations in Investor-State Contracts: Reconciling the Investors’ Legitimate Expectations with the Public Interest. In C. Gammage & T. Novitz (Eds.), Sustainable Trade, Investment, and Finance: Toward Responsible and Coherent Regulatory Frameworks (pp. 197–220). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Boone Barrera, Enrique (2018). Property Rights as Human Rights in International Investment Arbitration: A Critical Approach. Boston College Law Review, 59(8), 2635–2662. 
  • Boone Barrera, Enrique (2017, April). The Case for Removing the Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard from NAFTA. CIGI Paper No. 128.

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