Analogies in International Investment Law and Arbitration

Scrutinises the impact a comparative approach can have on investment law, and identifies a method for drawing sound analogies.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Comparative Reasoning and International Investment Law: 1. Comparative law, methods and reasoning; 2. International investment law and arbitration; 3. Comparative reasoning and international investment law; Part II. Analogies in Investment Treaty Arbitration: 4. Micro-comparisons in investment treaty arbitration; 5. Macro-comparisons in investment treaty arbitration; 6. Comparative reasoning in international investment law and arbitration: challenges and prospects; Conclusions.

About the author

Valentina Vadi is Reader (Associate Professor) in International Economic Law at Lancaster University. She is the author of Public Health in International Investment Law and Arbitration (2012) and Cultural Heritage in International Investment Law and Arbitration (Cambridge, 2014).

Summary

In recent years, concerns have arisen in investor-state arbitration with regard to the magnitude of the decision-making power allocated to investment treaty tribunals. This book explores whether the use of analogies can improve the functioning of such arbitration, and how such analogies might be drawn.

Product details

• Authors: Valentina Vadi, Valentina (Lancaster University) Vadi, Vadi Valentina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781107472105
• ISBN: 978-1-107-47210-5
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation, LAW / Business & Financial, LAW / Alternative Dispute Resolution, financial law, Financial law: general, Arbitration, mediation & alternative dispute resolution, Arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution