1. The meaning of 'investment' in the ICSID Convention -- 2. The legal impact of notifications under Article 25(4) of the ICSID Convention -- 3. The role of an investment arbitrator and the use of non-binding documents and literature in investment arbitration -- 4. The minimum standard of...

While traditionally arbitration scholarship focused on practical issues, arguing for refinements of arbitration laws or attempting to identify a core of procedural "best practices", a growing strain of arbitration scholarship has begun to focus on developing a deeper and more ambitious...

This chapter addresses the conflict between the restrictive and negative view often taken towards consumer arbitration and the supportive and positive view often taken towards ODR by arguing that a properly designed system of online consumer arbitration can fulfil the promise of consumer...

This document includes responses to the survey undertaken as part of the study Legal Instruments and Practice of Arbitration in the EU, arranged on a country-by-country basis. The Study was prepared for the JURI Committee of the European Parliament, and was published by the Parliament in...

This book review argues that while Laudan's book is excellent from an epistemological perspective, it ultimately fails as a commentary on U.S. evidence law as he fails to appreciate the practical legal context in which evidence law operates