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Arbitration Costs: Myths and Realities in Investment Treaty Arbitration


ISBN13: 9780190054434
Published: May 2019
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
Country of Publication: USA
Format: Hardback
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Investment treaty arbitration (sometimes called investor-state dispute settlement or ISDS) has become a flashpoint in the backlash against globalization, with costs becoming an area of core scrutiny. Yet "conventional wisdom" about costs is not necessarily wise.

To separate fact from fiction, this book tests claims about investment arbitration and fiscal costs against data so that policy reforms can be informed by scientific evidence. The exercise is critical, as investment treaties grant international arbitrators the power to order states-both rich and poor-to pay potentially millions of dollars to foreign investors when states violate the international law commitments made in the treaties. Meanwhile, the cost to access and defend the arbitration can also climb to millions of dollars.

This book uses insights drawn from cognitive psychology and hard data to explore the reality of investment treaty arbitration, identify core demographics and basic information on outcomes, and drill down on the costs of parties' counsel and arbitral tribunals.

It offers a nuanced analysis of how and when cost-shifting occurs, parses tribunals' rationalization (or lack thereof) of cost assessments, and models the variables most likely to predict costs, using data to point the way towards evidence-based normative reform. With an intelligent interdisciplinary approach that speaks to ongoing reform at entities like the World Bank's ICSID and UNCITRAL, this book provides the most up-to-date study of investment treaty dispute settlement, offering new insights that will shape the direction of investment treaty and arbitration reform more broadly.

Subjects:
International Investment Law, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Investment Treaty Arbitration (ITA) and Framing the Debate
Chapter 2: Cognitive Psychology and Empirical Insights for ITA
Chapter 3: Introduction to Data and Basic Demographics
Chapter 4: ITA Expansion, Time, and Costs
Chapter 5: Claims and Outcomes in ITA
Chapter 6: Costs-Risks and Reality
Chapter 7: The Rationalization of Costs
Chapter 8: The Potential Drivers: Predicting ITA Costs
Chapter 9: The Way Forward
Appendix I - Supporting Information on Methodology and Data Introduction
Appendix II - Alphabetical Citations to Awards in Dataset
Appendix III - Demographics on Investor Nationality, States, and Counsel involved in Public Pre-2012 ITA Cases
Appendix IV - Codebook (available online only)
Appendix V - Dataset (available online only)