Applicable law in investor-state arbitration : the interplay between national and international law /

Investment arbitration has become the key forum to settle disputes between investors and the host state. It is not clear from the arbitration agreements which body of law the arbitrators should apply: national or international. This book examines how the legal framework which the arbitral panels ope...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kjos, Hege Elisabeth (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Series:	Oxford monographs in international law.
Subjects:	Investments, Foreign (International law) Arbitration and award. International commercial arbitration. Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation. Investissements étrangers (Droit international) Arbitrage (Droit) LAW > Securities. Arbitration and award International commercial arbitration Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation Investment arbitration. Foreign direct investment. International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (Washington, D.C., 18 March 1965) Choice of law. Bilateral investment treaties. International law and national law. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

General Introduction
Territorialized and Internationalized Arbitration Tribunals
Choice-of-Law Rules
The Scope of the Arbitration Agreement: Claims and Counterclaims
The Primary Applicability of National Law and the Role of International Law
The Primary Applicability of International Law and the Role of National Law
Concurrent Application of and Reference to National and International Law in Case of Consistency
Concluding Observations.