Evolution in Investment Treaty La and Arbitration [Hardcover]

These carefully selected contributions offer a timely analysis of the most significant contemporary issues in investment treaty law and arbitration.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.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.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.Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction: evolution in investment treaty law and arbitration Chester Brown and Kate Mills8