Investment Arbitration’s Tightrope

Ethics, Power and Responsibility

Paolo Vargiu

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English

Anthem Press
03 June 2025

Legal ethics & professional conduct; Public international law; International arbitration

Explores how investment law's inequities bind arbitrators to rules favouring foreign investors and argues for reforming the treaty framework to better consider host states' economic and regulatory interests.

This book examines the role of arbitrators vis--vis the systemic inequities of investment law, advocating for the reform of its treaty framework, which currently binds arbitrators to apply rules that disproportionately safeguard foreign investors and overlook the impact of arbitral decisions on host states' economic and regulatory frameworks.

By: Paolo Vargiu
Imprint: Anthem Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781839993565
ISBN 10: 1839993561
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 03 June 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Paolo Vargiu is Associate Professor at the Leicester Law School, University of Leicester (UK).

Reviews for Investment Arbitration’s Tightrope: Ethics, Power and Responsibility

“Good critical writing is hard without a sound understanding of doctrine, and the critical eye that Paolo Vargiu casts on arbitrators in international investment law is sharp and well-informed indeed. As an office-dweller at Bentham House, I strongly endorse this very fine volume.” —Martins Paparinskis, Professor of Public International Law, University College London, UK. “This monograph makes a valuable contribution to debates on the legitimacy and future of international investment law. It poses important questions on how arbitrators shape not just the interpretation of legal standards within disputes they settle, but also shape the evolution and meaning of standards, create precedent that has serious implications for public policy-making.” —Anil Yilmaz Vastardis, Senior Lecturer at Essex Law School, University of Essex, UK.