The objective of this chapter is to explore the approach of India towards international dispute settlement. In this paper we argue that despite their being a general acceptance of international dispute settlement on part of India, there exists certain degree of selectivity as far as different...

This chapter examines the contribution of investment arbitration to international dispute settlement more generally in relation to matters of evidence and procedure. Part 1 examines the practice of a number of inter-State dispute settlement fora in an attempt to gauge the contribution of the...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) system of ‘prospective' or ‘forward-looking' remedies is often contrasted negatively with the ‘retrospective' remedy of reparation traditionally granted by international courts. In this article, I argue that prospective remedies must be assessed having in...

This chapter is part of an upcoming interdisciplinary volume on international law and politics. The chapter defines four judicial roles states have delegated to international courts (ICs) and documents the delegation of dispute settlement, administrative review, enforcement and constitutional...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement system, established in 1995, is the youngest of the systems of international adjudication discussed in this book. In spite of its successful functioning over the past 25 years, it is today, however, also a system in crisis, due to the demise...