Evolution in Investment Treaty Law and Arbitration - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107014689 ISBN 13: 9781107014688

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

International investment law is in a state of evolution. With the advent of investor-State arbitration in the latter part of the twentieth century - and its exponential growth over the last decade - new levels of complexity, uncertainty and substantive expansion are emerging. States continue to enter into investment treaties and the number of investor-State arbitration claims continues to rise. At the same time, the various participants in investment treaty arbitration are faced with increasingly difficult issues concerning the fundamental character of the investment treaty regime, the role of the actors in international investment law, the new significance of procedure in the settlement of disputes and the emergence of cross-cutting issues. Bringing together established scholars and practitioners, as well as members of a new generation of international investment lawyers, this volume examines these developments and provides a balanced assessment of the challenges being faced in the field.

About this title

Book Description:

Investment treaty law and arbitration is a fast-moving field of great interest to scholars and practitioners of public international law, international arbitration and international economic law. With contributions from established names and the new generation of international investment lawyers, this volume offers a timely analysis of the most significant issues.

About the Author:

Chester Brown is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, and a Barrister. He is also a door tenant at Essex Court Chambers, London, and Maxwell Chambers, Singapore. He has previously worked as Assistant Legal Adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, and as Senior Associate in the International Law and International Arbitration Group of Clifford Chance LLP, London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107014689
• ISBN 13: 9781107014688
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 746
• Editor: Brown Chester, Miles Kate