Manifestations of Coherence and Investor-State Arbitration

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The content of coherence; 2. Coherence and legal reasoning; 3. Two models for coherence; 4. Coherence and the interpretation of treaties; 5. Coherence and analogical thinking; 6. Coherence as reflexivity; 7. Coherence as moral responsibility; Coda: coherence and investor-state dispute settlement reform; Epilogue.

Summary

Coherence is highly valued in law. It is especially sought after in investor-state dispute settlement, where charges of incoherence in arbitral awards have long been raised by states and scholars. Yet coherence is a largely underexplored notion in international law. Often, it is treated as a mere ideal to strive towards or simply as a different way to describe the legal consistency of judicial outcomes. This book takes a different approach. It sees coherence as an independent concept having two dimensions: a substantive and a methodological one. Both are critically important for legal reasoning by international courts and tribunals, including by investor-state tribunals, and the book illustrates through several case studies some of the ways this conclusion is borne out in practice. A fuller understanding of coherence in international law has implications for our understanding of the concept of law, the practice of legal reasoning, and judicial professional ethics.

Foreword

A novel framework for understanding the role and relevance of coherence in international dispute settlement and judicial reasoning.

Product details

• Authors: Charalampos Giannakopoulos
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 30.06.2025
• EAN: 9781009153867
• ISBN: 978-1-009-15386-7
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, International Law, LAW / Alternative Dispute Resolution, Public International Law, Jurisprudence & general issues, Arbitration, mediation & alternative dispute resolution, Jurisprudence and general issues, International economic & trade law, Arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Public international law: economic and trade