Assessing Recent Proposals to Reform the Investment Treaty Arbitration System

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dc.contributor.authorFalcone, Thomas A.
dc.contributor.supervisorCutler, A. Claire
dc.contributor.supervisorNewcombe, Andrew Paul
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-28T18:28:12Z
dc.date.available2014-08-28T18:28:12Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_US
dc.date.issued2014-08-28
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Scienceen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractEconomic globalization, the liberalization of markets, and the opening of once closed societies have all heralded the remarkable emergence of the current system of investment treaty arbitration. The current system, however, has attracted significant criticism and calls for reform. This thesis reviews the historical employment of arbitration in international society and the circumstances that lead to the emergence of the current system of investor-state dispute settlement. Following this, two recent proposals for reform of the current system are outlined: the creation of an international court of investment and the implementation of appellate mechanisms for investment treaty arbitration. The thesis concludes by offering an assessment of these proposals and argues for the rejection of the proposal to replace the current system with an international investment court, but offers a cautious endorsement of appellate mechanisms.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5624
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectinvestor-state dispute resolutionen_US
dc.subjectISDSen_US
dc.subjectinternational investment lawen_US
dc.subjectinternational trade lawen_US
dc.subjectinternational arbitrationen_US
dc.subjectinternational public lawen_US
dc.subjectinvestment treaty arbitrationen_US
dc.titleAssessing Recent Proposals to Reform the Investment Treaty Arbitration Systemen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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