General
| asean | Association of South East Asian Nations |
| bit | Bilateral Investment Treaty |
| cptpp | Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| dsb | wto Dispute Settlement Body |
| ect | Energy Charter Treaty |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| EU | European Union |
| fcn | Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (treaties) |
| fdi | Foreign Direct Investment |
| fta | Free Trade Agreement |
| icc | International Chamber of Commerce |
| icca | International Council for Commercial Arbitration |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| icsid | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
| iia | International Investment Agreement |
| ila | International Law Association |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| lcia | London Court of International Arbitration |
| mfn | Most-Favoured-Nation |
| nafta | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| oecd | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| pca | Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| pcij | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| rcep | Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership |
| scc | Stockholm Chamber of Commerce |
| ttip | Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership |
| UN | United Nations |
| uncitral | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| unctad | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| usmca | United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement |
| vclt | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
| wto | World Trade Organization |
| ajil | American Journal of International Law |
| Arb Int’l | Arbitration International |
| byil | British Yearbook of International Law |
| cmlj | Capital Markets Law Journal |
| cup | Cambridge University Press |
| Eur. J. Int’l L. | European Journal of International Law |
| iclq | International and Comparative Law Quarterly |
| icsid Rep | icsid Reports |
| icsid Rev-filj | icsid Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal |
| ilm | International Legal Materials |
| ilr | International Law Reports |
| Iran-usctr | Iran-US Claims Tribunal Reports |
| J Int’l Arb | Journal of International Arbitration |
| Lloyd’s Rep | Lloyd’s Law Reports |
| oup | Oxford University Press |
| riaa | Reports of International Arbitral Awards |
| tdm | Transnational Dispute Management |
| yb ilc | Yearbook of the International Law Commission |