International investment arbitral tribunals are increasingly tasked with resolving regulatory disputes. This relatively new form of dispute involves a challenge by a foreign investor to a host state's generally applicable regulation, enacted in good faith to promote the public interest but...

International investment disputes involving African states before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) have generated significant critical inquiry. Yet, accounts of their contribution to the development of international investment law as a result of these...

The article examines awards of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in the case of post-Soviet states. It also demonstrates post-Soviet states' statistics as a respondent in litigations under the ICSID. Among the post-Soviet states Ukraine and Kazakhstan are leaders by...

This short paper analyses the legal arguments forwarded by the European Commission to justify the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the current negotiations with the U.S. on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), notably U.S. cases that would show...

Its starting point is the global debate on the legitimacy of the treaty-based regime for the promotion and protection of international investment and investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). The article considers that the debate will promote constructive change if it is informed by States and...