Legitimacy of international investment arbitration must be re-conceptualized. As mechanisms of transnational governance, investment tribunals act both as dispute-settlers, and as norm-creators. This necessarily captures the attention of a public broader than the parties; concurrently, it implies that the integrity of the decision-making process and the quality of outcomes must meet a higher threshold. Escalating new and old concerns, coupled with a series of reforms to the regime, are a result of a stubborn refusal to extend the discussion beyond individual disputes. Against this backdrop, this thesis argues that the neutrality of investment arbitrators and consistency in their interpretation of legal norms may, under circumstances, repres...
The present Article addresses three distinct issues that are central to the critique of investment t...
A significant increase in investor-State arbitration cases has been observed since the 2000s. The tr...
Disqualification challenges against international investment arbitrators are increasing. This poses ...
The legitimacy crisis of investment treaty arbitration is much discussed, often challenging the neut...
Over the last decade, investment treaty arbitration has been confronted with relatively extensive an...
The inclusion of an investment chapter in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and ...
This project investigates the ‘legitimacy crisis’ of the Investor-State Arbitration (ISA) system. It...
In the thesis, awards under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Bilateral Investment Tr...
Are international treaties consenting to the resolution of disputes between foreign investors and th...
All too often, a State’s obligation to protect the health and safety of its citizens is hampered by ...
The study analyses the process through which investment arbitral tribunals identify and resolve conf...
For the last two to three decades there has been an on-going legitimacy debate surrounding Investmen...
Arbitrators are the lightning rod for investment arbitration’s most contentious political debates. I...
In investor¿state arbitration, foreign investors can bring states before an arbitral tribunal and cl...
The institution of investment treaty arbitration fundamentally questions traditional correlations be...
The present Article addresses three distinct issues that are central to the critique of investment t...
A significant increase in investor-State arbitration cases has been observed since the 2000s. The tr...
Disqualification challenges against international investment arbitrators are increasing. This poses ...
The legitimacy crisis of investment treaty arbitration is much discussed, often challenging the neut...
Over the last decade, investment treaty arbitration has been confronted with relatively extensive an...
The inclusion of an investment chapter in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and ...
This project investigates the ‘legitimacy crisis’ of the Investor-State Arbitration (ISA) system. It...
In the thesis, awards under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Bilateral Investment Tr...
Are international treaties consenting to the resolution of disputes between foreign investors and th...
All too often, a State’s obligation to protect the health and safety of its citizens is hampered by ...
The study analyses the process through which investment arbitral tribunals identify and resolve conf...
For the last two to three decades there has been an on-going legitimacy debate surrounding Investmen...
Arbitrators are the lightning rod for investment arbitration’s most contentious political debates. I...
In investor¿state arbitration, foreign investors can bring states before an arbitral tribunal and cl...
The institution of investment treaty arbitration fundamentally questions traditional correlations be...
The present Article addresses three distinct issues that are central to the critique of investment t...
A significant increase in investor-State arbitration cases has been observed since the 2000s. The tr...
Disqualification challenges against international investment arbitrators are increasing. This poses ...