Introduction

In the dynamics of investment arbitration, the question of compensation and damages, is often the poor cousin when the battle royal ranges first about jurisdiction and then about the merits. For the lawyers, the question of win or lose is easily about these questions, with only an after-thought about the "how much". It is the same with academic study and professional comment. International lawyers and academics, in addition, are interested in creating new legal doctrines. Clients who have the key interest, by contrast, are not interested in building legal norms; they simply hope ...