Zachary Douglas is a lecturer at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, and a barrister with Matrix Chambers, London. He is also a member of Gray's Inn, the British Institute of International & Comparative Law and the American Society of International Law, and has practised law in England, France and Russia.

Review of the hardback: 'There is no shortage of books now on investment arbitration. But this will prove one of the best and, I believe, most enduring; it is fit as a work of synthesis to rank alongside Schreuer's Commentary to the ICSID Convention.' Professor James Crawford SC, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge

• 1. The juridical foundations of investment treaty arbitration; 2. Applicable laws; 3. Taxonomy of preliminary issues relating to jurisdiction and admissibility in investment treaty arbitration; 4. Consent to the arbitration of investment disputes; 5. Investment; 6. Jurisdiction ratione materiae; 7. Jurisdiction ratione personae; 8. Jurisdiction ratione temporis; 9. The obligation to accord most-favoured-nation treatment and the jurisdiction of an investment treaty tribunal; 10. Admissibility: contractual choice of forum; 11. Admissibility: shareholder claims; 12. Admissibility: dispositions relating to the legal and beneficial ownership of the investment; 13. Denial of benefits.

Zachary Douglas is a lecturer at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, and a barrister with Matrix Chambers, London. He is also a member of Gray's Inn, the British Institute of International & Comparative Law and the American Society of International Law, and has practised law in England, France and Russia.

Review of the hardback: 'There is no shortage of books now on investment arbitration. But this will prove one of the best and, I believe, most enduring; it is fit as a work of synthesis to rank alongside Schreuer's Commentary to the ICSID Convention.' Professor James Crawford SC, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge

• 1. The juridical foundations of investment treaty arbitration; 2. Applicable laws; 3. Taxonomy of preliminary issues relating to jurisdiction and admissibility in investment treaty arbitration; 4. Consent to the arbitration of investment disputes; 5. Investment; 6. Jurisdiction ratione materiae; 7. Jurisdiction ratione personae; 8. Jurisdiction ratione temporis; 9. The obligation to accord most-favoured-nation treatment and the jurisdiction of an investment treaty tribunal; 10. Admissibility: contractual choice of forum; 11. Admissibility: shareholder claims; 12. Admissibility: dispositions relating to the legal and beneficial ownership of the investment; 13. Denial of benefits.

Zachary Douglas is a lecturer at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, and a barrister with Matrix Chambers, London. He is also a member of Gray's Inn, the British Institute of International & Comparative Law and the American Society of International Law, and has practised law in England, France and Russia.

Review of the hardback: 'There is no shortage of books now on investment arbitration. But this will prove one of the best and, I believe, most enduring; it is fit as a work of synthesis to rank alongside Schreuer's Commentary to the ICSID Convention.' Professor James Crawford SC, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge

• 1. The juridical foundations of investment treaty arbitration; 2. Applicable laws; 3. Taxonomy of preliminary issues relating to jurisdiction and admissibility in investment treaty arbitration; 4. Consent to the arbitration of investment disputes; 5. Investment; 6. Jurisdiction ratione materiae; 7. Jurisdiction ratione personae; 8. Jurisdiction ratione temporis; 9. The obligation to accord most-favoured-nation treatment and the jurisdiction of an investment treaty tribunal; 10. Admissibility: contractual choice of forum; 11. Admissibility: shareholder claims; 12. Admissibility: dispositions relating to the legal and beneficial ownership of the investment; 13. Denial of benefits.