Foreign investors have a privileged position under investment treaties. They enjoy strong
rights, have no obligations, and can rely on a highly efficient enforcement mechanism …

Although domestic law plays an important role in investment treaty arbitration, this issue is
little discussed or analysed. When should investment treaty tribunals engage with domestic …

Any legal regulation has to take into account fundamental interests and concerns, whether of
private or public nature. This applies in particular to the politically and socially sensitive …

This article analyses the fraught relationship between host States' obligations under
investment agreements and their regulatory powers in the field of public health. First …

This article analyses what is widely known as the police powers exemption found in modern
international investment agreements, with a focus on mega-regional trade and investment …

International investment law is one of the most dynamic fields of international law, and yet it
has been criticised for failing to strike a fair balance between private and public interests. In …

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as a Manifestation of 'Normative Equity'................................................................ 2 1.3 FET and …

The European Court of Justice has been celebrated as a central force in the creation and
deepening of the EU internal market. Yet, it has also been criticized for engaging in judicial …

Das rechtsdogmatische Denken und Arbeiten pragen die deutsche Rechtswissenschaft.
Ausgehend von den identitatsstiftenden Vorstellungen einer Ordnung des positiven Rechts …

In Sustainable Development in EU Foreign Investment Law, Stefanie Schacherer offers an
account of the legal effects of sustainable development within the EU's international …