approaches in domestic courts in advanced economies, an approach rarely taken in analysing investor-state arbitration. The first … the early 19th century with generally strong support for commercial arbitration based on ad hoc fee-based remuneration …; and similarities and differences between commercial arbitration and investment arbitration, focusing how the largely …

Since the turn of the century, investment treaty arbitration (ITA) tribunals have begun citing past decisions with …

investment arbitration. This submission contains the Annex Materials -- overview tables and charts -- on which the analysis …

In the aftermath of Argentina’s 2001 economic crisis, creditors not participating in the country sovereign debt … restructuring insisted on full payment. The triplet of investment arbitration decisions upheld jurisdiction over the mass claims … into two camps on the legal appropriateness and policy desirability of using investment arbitration for solving sovereign …

The use of arbitration in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) enables foreign investors to sue host states for … of commercial arbitration that uphold contract law. When used to resolve disputes between foreign companies it is an … exercise in private international law. Arbitration in ISDS, however, operates at the level of public international law, because …

treaties offer foreign investors a range of procedural choices, such as a choice between arbitration fora. The survey also …