foreign investment issue and compensation in that field constitutes one of the most important matters in contemporary international law. when an investment relation between a host state and foreign investors is formed, the parties to terminate the relations are committed to comply with the obligations they accepted. however at times, when there is an expropriation of assets of foreign investors...

Transnational trade not only brings economic development but also produces many international investment disputes. As a result, dispute settlement methods have emerged. The Institution has gradually developed into permanent institution for settlement, with arbitration as the main means. However, process exposed drawbacks since its long time. Although mediation was relatively mature in other cou...

Abstract The recent practice of States to amend, suspend or terminate investment treaties has moved questions potential ‘post-termination responsibility’ the forefront contemporary legal discourse in international law. Although have often included provisions their respective regulate post-termination protection investments, some aspects aftermath treaty terminations are still unsettled. This ar...

Do firms benefit from political connections? If so, what are the underlying mechanisms behind the positive relationship? Using an original dataset of close to 3,000 politically connected firms in Russia, I examine the widespread but understudied strategy of businesspeople directly running for elected office. The paper employs a regression discontinuity design to identify the causal effect of ga...

This article focuses on the recent judgment of Court Justice EU (CJEU) in European Commission v Micula (C-638/ 19 P) concentrating two paragraphs particular, namely 144–145. These passages lead us to believe that Justice’s more and hostile attitude towards intra-EU investment treaty arbitration (in Achmea, Komstroy , PL Holdings ) might be a result several misunderstandings by how investor-stat...