Due to the growing number of investor-state arbitrations and increasing number of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) being signed, it has become important to understand the implications of BITs on host countries. In this light, this paper analyses the broad asset based definition of investment...

The South Asian region while holding a prominent position in terms of attracting FDIs, conspicuously been infrequent on the radar of international investment law (IIL) scholarship. In the rapidly shifting plane of international investment law considering the recent backlash against the ISDS...