Haley Sweetland Edwards at Politics and Prose

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the powerful courts that decide when international trade is legal or not. Does their rise mark a huge boon for corporations to challenge the power of nation-states?

In her new book, Shadow Courts: The Tribunals that Rule Global Trade, Time correspondent Haley Sweetland Edwards goes behind the scenes to tell the story of the most outrageous recent arbitration cases, and takes a hard look at the power these shadow courts hold over the world.