Book contents
- International Economic Dispute Settlement
- International Economic Dispute Settlement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Contracting v. Multilateralism in Global Economic Governance
- Part I Current Challenges in International Trade Dispute Settlement
- Part II Current Challenges in International Investment Dispute Settlement
- 8 A Future Without (Treaty-Based) ISDS: Costs and Benefits
- 9 Investment Dispute Settlement à la carte: A Proposal for the Reform of Investor–State Dispute Settlement
- 10 Evidence-Guided Reform: Surveying the Empirical Research on Arbitrator Bias and Diversity in Investor–State Arbitration
- Part III New Issue Areas and Dispute Settlement
- Part IV Regional Approaches for International Economic Dispute Settlement
- Index
- References
8 - A Future Without (Treaty-Based) ISDS: Costs and Benefits
from Part II - Current Challenges in International Investment Dispute Settlement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2021
- International Economic Dispute Settlement
- International Economic Dispute Settlement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Contracting v. Multilateralism in Global Economic Governance
- Part I Current Challenges in International Trade Dispute Settlement
- Part II Current Challenges in International Investment Dispute Settlement
- 8 A Future Without (Treaty-Based) ISDS: Costs and Benefits
- 9 Investment Dispute Settlement à la carte: A Proposal for the Reform of Investor–State Dispute Settlement
- 10 Evidence-Guided Reform: Surveying the Empirical Research on Arbitrator Bias and Diversity in Investor–State Arbitration
- Part III New Issue Areas and Dispute Settlement
- Part IV Regional Approaches for International Economic Dispute Settlement
- Index
- References
Summary
More than 1,000 investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims have been brought to date based on investment treaties, most of them in recent years. Many of the claims have challenged sensitive areas of government regulation, and some have resulted in multi-billion-dollar awards. ISDS has become a posterchild for anti-globalization groups and is increasingly considered problematic by a range of developing country governments. Yet, criticism of ISDS is not always associated with opposition to economic globalization, multinational firms, or to a rules-based international order. The CATO Institute, a prominent libertarian think-tank, is critical of what it sees as a positive discrimination in favour of foreign investors and the German Association of Judges, a stalwart defender of the rule of law, came out against the mechanism in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Right or wrong, ISDS has become one of the most controversial issues in global economic governance.
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- International Economic Dispute SettlementDemise or Transformation?, pp. 191 - 219Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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