Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law Volume 17

This volume of Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law contains the papers and proceedings of the 17th annual Juris Conference. It tackles four questions of systemic reform currently under consideration in various fora. The topics addressed in this book include:

• Leaders in France, Germany, and Poland claimed withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty was necessary because the obligations were hindering efforts to combat anthropomorphic-driven climate change—Was this justification correct as a matter of international investment law?
• Earlier this year, two judges in the District of Columbia issued seemingly contradictory opinions on the enforceability of intra-EU awards post-Achmea/Komstroy—which one was right and how do you think the District of Columbia Court of Appeals or SCOTUS would eventually decide?
• Will investor-state mediation emerge as the preferred mechanism to resolve investor-state disputes? What are the pros and cons as opposed to investor-state arbitration?