Mesut Akbaba, LL.B., is a Research Assistant at the Center for International Dispute Resolution at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany.Giancarlo Capurro, LL.B., is a Law Clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm, Germany.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsPrefacePart I: The State in International and Investment Law1 Rethinking the Relevance of Customary International Law to Issues of Nationality in Investment Treaty Arbitration Javier García Olmedo2 Investment Claims and Annexation of Territory: Where General International Law and Investment Law Collide?Sebastian Wuschka3 Exception Clauses in International Investment Agreements: A Case for Systemic Integration?Tobias Ackermann 4 International Norms: A Defence in Investment Treaty Arbitration? Dr Dafina Atanasova 5 The Right to Regulate: Towards a (Not Entirely) New Regulatory Paradigm under Recent FTA Investment ChaptersElsa Sardinha Part II: Investment Arbitration and the European Legal Order1 A Comparative Law Approach as a Technique for Solving Conflicts between EU law and Investment Arbitration: The Case of the ECtHR.Blerina Xheraj 2 The Energy Charter Treaty and European Union Law: Mutually Supportive Instruments for Economic Cooperation or Schizophrenia in the ‘Acquis’?Cees Verburg 3 The Need for Intra-EU Investment ProtectionsDr Emily Sipiorski 4 Is One Permanent Instance Enough? A Comparison Between the WTO Appellate Body and the Proposed Investment Court SystemMarcus Weiler Part III: Practical Issues in Investor State Proceedings1 The Appropriate Use of Bifurcation as a Means for Increasing Efficiency in Investment ArbitrationDr Jola Gjuzi 2 Effective Management of Mass Claims Arbitration – What We Could Learn from International TribunalsKatarzyna Barbara Szczudlik 3 The Impact of the Economic and Political Situation Prevailing in the Host State on Compensation and Damages under International Investment LawDr Sven Lange4 The Impact of Third Party Funding on an ICSID Tribunal’s Decision on Security for Costs Dr Alexander HoffmannRationalising Costs in International Arbitration: A Tall Order?Neil Kaplan QC CBE SBSIndex

Mesut Akbaba, LL.B., is a Research Assistant at the Center for International Dispute Resolution at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany.Giancarlo Capurro, LL.B., is a Law Clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm, Germany.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsPrefacePart I: The State in International and Investment Law1 Rethinking the Relevance of Customary International Law to Issues of Nationality in Investment Treaty Arbitration Javier García Olmedo2 Investment Claims and Annexation of Territory: Where General International Law and Investment Law Collide?Sebastian Wuschka3 Exception Clauses in International Investment Agreements: A Case for Systemic Integration?Tobias Ackermann 4 International Norms: A Defence in Investment Treaty Arbitration? Dr Dafina Atanasova 5 The Right to Regulate: Towards a (Not Entirely) New Regulatory Paradigm under Recent FTA Investment ChaptersElsa Sardinha Part II: Investment Arbitration and the European Legal Order1 A Comparative Law Approach as a Technique for Solving Conflicts between EU law and Investment Arbitration: The Case of the ECtHR.Blerina Xheraj 2 The Energy Charter Treaty and European Union Law: Mutually Supportive Instruments for Economic Cooperation or Schizophrenia in the ‘Acquis’?Cees Verburg 3 The Need for Intra-EU Investment ProtectionsDr Emily Sipiorski 4 Is One Permanent Instance Enough? A Comparison Between the WTO Appellate Body and the Proposed Investment Court SystemMarcus Weiler Part III: Practical Issues in Investor State Proceedings1 The Appropriate Use of Bifurcation as a Means for Increasing Efficiency in Investment ArbitrationDr Jola Gjuzi 2 Effective Management of Mass Claims Arbitration – What We Could Learn from International TribunalsKatarzyna Barbara Szczudlik 3 The Impact of the Economic and Political Situation Prevailing in the Host State on Compensation and Damages under International Investment LawDr Sven Lange4 The Impact of Third Party Funding on an ICSID Tribunal’s Decision on Security for Costs Dr Alexander HoffmannRationalising Costs in International Arbitration: A Tall Order?Neil Kaplan QC CBE SBSIndex

Mesut Akbaba, LL.B., is a Research Assistant at the Center for International Dispute Resolution at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany.Giancarlo Capurro, LL.B., is a Law Clerk at the Higher Regional Court of Hamm, Germany.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsPrefacePart I: The State in International and Investment Law1 Rethinking the Relevance of Customary International Law to Issues of Nationality in Investment Treaty Arbitration Javier García Olmedo2 Investment Claims and Annexation of Territory: Where General International Law and Investment Law Collide?Sebastian Wuschka3 Exception Clauses in International Investment Agreements: A Case for Systemic Integration?Tobias Ackermann 4 International Norms: A Defence in Investment Treaty Arbitration? Dr Dafina Atanasova 5 The Right to Regulate: Towards a (Not Entirely) New Regulatory Paradigm under Recent FTA Investment ChaptersElsa Sardinha Part II: Investment Arbitration and the European Legal Order1 A Comparative Law Approach as a Technique for Solving Conflicts between EU law and Investment Arbitration: The Case of the ECtHR.Blerina Xheraj 2 The Energy Charter Treaty and European Union Law: Mutually Supportive Instruments for Economic Cooperation or Schizophrenia in the ‘Acquis’?Cees Verburg 3 The Need for Intra-EU Investment ProtectionsDr Emily Sipiorski 4 Is One Permanent Instance Enough? A Comparison Between the WTO Appellate Body and the Proposed Investment Court SystemMarcus Weiler Part III: Practical Issues in Investor State Proceedings1 The Appropriate Use of Bifurcation as a Means for Increasing Efficiency in Investment ArbitrationDr Jola Gjuzi 2 Effective Management of Mass Claims Arbitration – What We Could Learn from International TribunalsKatarzyna Barbara Szczudlik 3 The Impact of the Economic and Political Situation Prevailing in the Host State on Compensation and Damages under International Investment LawDr Sven Lange4 The Impact of Third Party Funding on an ICSID Tribunal’s Decision on Security for Costs Dr Alexander HoffmannRationalising Costs in International Arbitration: A Tall Order?Neil Kaplan QC CBE SBSIndex