Twentieth Public Meeting of the Investment Treaty Forum – London, England

The British Institute of International Comparative Law hosts the Twentieth Public Meeting of the Investment Treaty Forum May 10, 2013. The conference theme is the Litigation of Public Law Concepts in Investor-State Arbitration – Practical and Theoretical Considerations.

The similarity between investment treaty law and systems of public law is an observable dynamic. From the adoption by investment treaty tribunals of public law terms in the interpretation of substantive guarantees of protection to questions about the degree of deference owed to states in the adjudication of investor-state claims, the litigation of public law concepts has become central to the investment treaty regime. This conference looks at this nexus from both practical and theoretical perspectives through panels addressing Proportionality, Legitimate Expectations and Standards of Review.

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