Introduction

As part of its research activities in the field of investment treaty law and arbitration, the Investment Treaty Forum at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law ( www.biicl.org/itf ) organized, on 10 September 2004, its third public conference addressing the issue of The Relationship between Local Courts and Investment Treaty Arbitration . There are a plethora of issues arising in respect of the coexistence of local and international courts and remedies stemming out from the complex web of ...