About the Author

Haley Sweetland Edwards is a correspondent at Time. Previously, she was an editor at the Washington Monthly, where she wrote about policy and regulation. From 2009 to 2012, she lived and worked in the Middle East and the former Soviet Union, where she wrote for The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and The New Republic, among other publications. She studied philosophy at Yale and journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Reviews

"One of those wonderful, short books from Columbia Global Reports." - Felix Salmon, host of Slate Money "I read it in one night and felt like underlining every word of every page." - Cathy O'Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy "It's a short, vital introduction to [Investor-state dispute settlement] history and use, the shocking ways in which corporations have used it to bend governments to their will, and the total lack of justification for using such mechanisms in developed, stable countries." --The Week "SHADOW COURTS, a new book by Time magazine's Haley Edwards, shows how ISDS threats have strained support for free trade around the world." - Todd Tucker, Politico "Time investigative reporter Edwards charges that the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement tribunals at the heart of many current trade deals represent a major shift in global relations in favor of private corporate interest... Edwards does a great service for the public by turning the spotlight of disclosure on this dark corner of international relations." --Kirkus Reviews