Introduction

Investor-State dispute settlement and the international law of foreign investment are of increasing practical importance. The field raises salient questions about the role of international law in forging investment flows and contributing to economic growth and development and gives rise to concerns about the role of international arbitral tribunals, their accountability and legitimacy. The discipline is, however, still underexposed in its academic evaluation. The decision by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law to establish a specific research agenda in this ...