Tracing the Evolution of International Investment Law Through the Catalyst of Energy Disputes
Article from: OGEL 3 (2018), in International Investment Law
Executive Summary
(Added 03/10/2018) International investment law is constantly evolving. The modern system is characterized by the steady proliferation, over the past five decades, of high-profile investor-state arbitrations. In these arbitrations, foreign investors seek compensation for breach of public international law by sovereign states. As this chapter will demonstrate, modern investment law owes much to energy disputes. These energy disputes catalyzed the development and refinement of the concepts at the heart of investor-state arbitration. While the number of filed investor-state ...