Investor state arbitration in a changing world order / / Alexander W. Resar and Tai-Heng Cheng.

• Superior document: Brill Research Perspectives in International Law
• VerfasserIn: Resar, Alexander W.,; Cheng, Tai-Heng,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cheng, Tai-Heng,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherland ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Brill Research Perspectives in International Law
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (95 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Investor State Arbitration in a ChangingWorld Order -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Preface -- Introduction: The Intertwined Fates of the Liberal Order and Investor-State Arbitration -- Part 1: The Development of Investor-State Arbitration -- 1 Diplomatic Protection and Early Investment Arbitration -- 2 Institutionalized Investment Protections: Investor-State Arbitration -- 3 The Collapse of the Capital-Importing/Capital-Exporting Binary -- Part 2: Contextualizing the Backlash against Investor-State Arbitration -- 1 The Nationalist Return to Mercantilism -- 1.1 The Populist Challenge to ISA in Capital-Importing States -- 1.2 The Unprincipled Challenge to ISA in Capital-Exporting States -- 1.3 The Neo-Mercantilist Challenge to ISA in Capital-Exporting States -- 2 Investor-State Arbitration's Democratic Legitimacy Deficiency -- 2.1 The Weaker Challenge -- 2.2 The Stronger Challenge -- 2.3 The Inadequacy of Existing Attempts to Legitimate ISA -- Part 3: Reforming Investor-State Arbitration -- 1 Incremental and Internal Reform -- 2 Systemic Reform through Permanent Courts and Appellate Bodies -- 3 State-Centric Systems of Control -- Conclusion: The Future of Investor State Arbitration -- References.