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Arbitration Costs: Myths and Realities in Investment Treaty Arbitration

Arbitration Costs: Myths and Realities in Investment Treaty Arbitration

Author: Susan D. Franck
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780190054434
Published In: May 2019
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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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.

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