4-3-21 / Sarah Spottiswood — Arbitration, International
Investment arbitration awards often give the impression that investment treaties are designed to reflect the interests of two actors: “investors” and “states”. There are in fact a myriad of actors, or “voices”, behind each word in an investment agreement. This chapter identifies three broad categories of voices: voices inside, outside…
8-1-21 / Sarah Spottiswood — International
Public participation in the investment treaty-making process has increased over time. Historically, public participation has been the subject of scholarly discussion in the field of democratic theory and has been most commonly observed in societies and political systems giving effect to the ‘rule by the people’ principle. Public participation has…
30-12-19 / Sarah Spottiswood — International
‘International Dispute Settlement from the Standpoint of States’, International Law Association Regional Seminars Series, University of East Anglia, December 2019.
30-9-19 / Sarah Spottiswood — International
‘National Governments and Treaty Negotiators Panel’, Colloquium on Actors in International Investment Law: Beyond Claimants, Respondents and Arbitrators, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, September 2019.
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