The aim of this paper is to explore the political dimensions of investment arbitration. What drives the structures and … of a political explanation of investment arbitration, we reconstruct the conflict about investor-state dispute settlement … (ISDS) in the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). We argue that the competing …

negotiations on a comprehensive free trade agreement (TTIP) between them. According to critics, ISDS unduly limits the policy space …

compensation - is far from clear. Furthermore, procedural matters, such as decisions regarding the place of arbitration or the …

received various and conflicting answers: is investment arbitration a public or a private method of dispute settlement? A key … criticism levelled at investment treaty arbitration is that public interest disputes are decided by a system of private justice …. This article critically reviews the dominant interpretations of investment treaty arbitration as public, private, or hybrid …

of modern challenges. First of all, equating investor-State arbitration with depoliticisation of investment disputes …, leaving the dispute otherwise unchanged. Secondly, one critique of investment arbitration questions its adequacy for resolving …

The case study of investment treaty arbitration provides an opportunity to examine whether and how the invocation of … protection rules. The overall thesis is that conceptual challenges faced by investment arbitration may be illuminated by the …