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International Challenges in Investment Arbitration book cover

1st Edition

International Challenges in Investment Arbitration

Edited By Mesut Akbaba, Giancarlo Capurro Copyright 2019
278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge
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As the proverbial workhorse of international economic law, investment arbitration is heavily relied upon around the globe. It has to cope with the demands of increasingly complex proceedings. At the same time, investment arbitration has come under close public scrutiny in the midst of heated political debate. Both of these factors have led to the field of investment protection being subject to... Read more

List of Figures



List of Tables



List of Contributors



Preface





Part I: The State in International and Investment Law



1   Rethinking the Relevance of Customary International Law to Issues of Nationality in Investment Treaty Arbitration



Javier García Olmedo



2   Investment Claims and Annexation of Territory: Where General International Law and Investment Law Collide?



Sebastian Wuschka



3  Exception Clauses in International Investment Agreements: A Case for Systemic Integration?



Tobias Ackermann



4   International Norms: A Defence in Investment Treaty Arbitration?



Dr Dafina Atanasova



5   The Right to Regulate: Towards a (Not Entirely) New Regulatory Paradigm under Recent FTA Investment Chapters



Elsa Sardinha　



Part II: Investment Arbitration and the European Legal Order



1   A Comparative Law Approach as a Technique for Solving Conflicts between EU law and Investment Arbitration: The Case of the ECtHR.



Blerina Xheraj



2   The Energy Charter Treaty and European Union Law: Mutually Supportive Instruments for Economic Cooperation or Schizophrenia in the ‘Acquis’?



Cees Verburg



3   The Need for Intra-EU Investment Protections



Dr Emily Sipiorski



4   Is One Permanent Instance Enough? A Comparison Between the WTO Appellate Body and the Proposed Investment Court System



Marcus Weiler 　



Part III: Practical Issues in Investor State Proceedings



1   The Appropriate Use of Bifurcation as a Means for Increasing Efficiency in Investment Arbitration



Dr Jola Gjuzi



2   Effective Management of Mass Claims Arbitration – What We Could Learn from International Tribunals



Katarzyna Barbara Szczudlik



3   The Impact of the Economic and Political Situation Prevailing in the Host State on Compensation and Damages under International Investment Law



Dr Sven Lange



4 The Impact of Third Party Funding on an ICSID Tribunal’s Decision on Security for Costs



Dr Alexander Hoffmann



Rationalising Costs in International Arbitration: A Tall Order?



Neil Kaplan QC CBE SBS





Index

Biography



Mesut Akbaba, LL.B., is a Research Assistant at the Center for International Dispute Resolution at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany.

Giancarlo Capurro, LL.B., is a Law Clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm, Germany.

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