Description

---

International Investment Law and Arbitration: History, Modern Practice, and Future Prospects explores international law on foreign investment: its creation, functioning and evolution. Particularly, this paper presents a roadmap over the historical context within which investor-State arbitration developed. It provides an overview of the main actors, the protections afforded to foreign investors, the content of modern BITs, and the challenges facing the system today.

About the Author

---

Borzu Sabahi is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center and a partner at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle LLP, Washington, DC.Ian A. Laird is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center and a partner at Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC..Giovanna E Gismondi is the Managing Director of the International Investment Law Center at Georgetown University.