Introduction

The book under review contains the expanded versions of the papers given at the 2003 Cologne conference "Arbitrating foreign investment disputes: procedural and substantive legal aspects". The conference had been organized by the Law Centre for European and International Cooperation (RIZ) in Cologne, together with the German Institution for Arbitration (DIS) and the London Forum for International Economic Law and Development (CCLS). The book is divided into 4 main parts, has a table of decisions, a table of awards and a good index. The first part deals with "The Basic ...