1st Edition

The Structure of Investment Arbitration

By Tony Cole Copyright 2013
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Although a State’s treatment of foreign investors has long been regulated by international law, it is only recently that international investment law has emerged as an independent discipline in its own right. In recent decades the practical success of investment arbitration has allowed international investment law to develop both its own cadre of academic and professional specialists and its own... Read more

Introduction: The Structural Analysis of International Investment Law 1. The Meaning of 'Investment' in the ICSID Convention  2. The Legal Impact of Notifications Under Article 25(4) of the ICSID Convention  3. The Role of an Investment Arbitrator and the Use of Non-Binding Documents and Literature in Investment Arbitration  4. The Minimum Standard of Treatment and the Protection of Investors During an Armed Conflict  5. The History and Development of the Most-Favoured Nation Clause  6. The Operation of the Most-Favoured Nation Clause in International Investment Law  7. Dispute Resolution Procedures and the Favourability of Treatment Under a Most-Favoured Nation Clause

Biography

Tony Cole is Senior Lecturer at Brunel Law School and Director of the Brunel Centre for the study of Arbitration and Cross-Border Investment. He works primarily in international arbitration and international investment law, and authors the blog A Canon for Arbitration and Investment Law.