International investment arbitration can be said to be built on a great asymmetry: on the one hand, foreign investors … are endowed with a set of significant rights, most notably the right to initiate disputes before arbitration tribunals; on … article assesses whether the in-built asymmetry of investor-state arbitration runs counter to the rule of law. Clarifying the …

Investor-state arbitration, also called investment arbitration, is often accused of harming developing states facing … investigate the empirical manifestations of the uses and functions of investment arbitration, with an original dataset that … compiles over 500 arbitration claims from 1972 to 2010. The study reveals that until the mid-to-late nineties, investment …

levels. The article then looks at the indirect role that investment treaty arbitration can play in facilitating investment … and promoting the rule of law. The Article concludes that investment treaty arbitration's precise impact on FDI is unclear …