Today thousands of investors act globally in markets providing services, technology or capital in countries all around the world. This activity can be peacefull

Investor-State Arbitration describes the increasing importance of international investment and the necessary development of a new field of international law tha

Investor-State disputes are increasing and damage awards are often significant. It is thus no surprise that the investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) system

Edited by Shaheeza Lalani and Rodrigo Polanco Lazo, The Role of the State in Investor-State Arbitration is a collection of contributions from lawyers, arbitrato

This book offers the first social-scientific account of investor-state arbitration, and examines the intellectual, political, and economic forces behind its ris