Andrés Rigo Sureda is a judge on the Administrative Tribunal of the IMF and a member of the Sanctions Committee (the Anticorruption Tribunal) of the Inter-American Development Bank. He has extensive experience as an arbitrator and mediator in commercial and investor-States disputes and served with the World Bank in various capacities from 1973 to 2000, including Assistant General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel.

'… the monograph does not go out of bounds and does acknowledge limitations, as in ignoring them one would run the risk of denaturing arbitration itself as a mode of settlement of investment disputes. The monograph is a meticulous attempt at establishing the legitimacy on international investment law and ITA as a branch of public international law. For academicians, students and even practitioners of international investment law, this monograph is a must read.' Pushkar Anand, Indian Journal of International Law

• Introduction; Part I. Discretion: The Search for Meaning: 1. Uncertainty, judicial discretion and policy; 2. Treaty interpretation; Part II. The Search for Limits: 3. Form or substance: the nationality of corporate claims; 4. Multiple approaches to define investment; 5. Legitimate expectations, risk and due diligence; Part III. The Search for Consistency: 6. Principles; 7. Precedent; 8. Publicists; Conclusion.

Andrés Rigo Sureda is a judge on the Administrative Tribunal of the IMF and a member of the Sanctions Committee (the Anticorruption Tribunal) of the Inter-American Development Bank. He has extensive experience as an arbitrator and mediator in commercial and investor-States disputes and served with the World Bank in various capacities from 1973 to 2000, including Assistant General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel.

'… the monograph does not go out of bounds and does acknowledge limitations, as in ignoring them one would run the risk of denaturing arbitration itself as a mode of settlement of investment disputes. The monograph is a meticulous attempt at establishing the legitimacy on international investment law and ITA as a branch of public international law. For academicians, students and even practitioners of international investment law, this monograph is a must read.' Pushkar Anand, Indian Journal of International Law

• Introduction; Part I. Discretion: The Search for Meaning: 1. Uncertainty, judicial discretion and policy; 2. Treaty interpretation; Part II. The Search for Limits: 3. Form or substance: the nationality of corporate claims; 4. Multiple approaches to define investment; 5. Legitimate expectations, risk and due diligence; Part III. The Search for Consistency: 6. Principles; 7. Precedent; 8. Publicists; Conclusion.

Andrés Rigo Sureda is a judge on the Administrative Tribunal of the IMF and a member of the Sanctions Committee (the Anticorruption Tribunal) of the Inter-American Development Bank. He has extensive experience as an arbitrator and mediator in commercial and investor-States disputes and served with the World Bank in various capacities from 1973 to 2000, including Assistant General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel.

'… the monograph does not go out of bounds and does acknowledge limitations, as in ignoring them one would run the risk of denaturing arbitration itself as a mode of settlement of investment disputes. The monograph is a meticulous attempt at establishing the legitimacy on international investment law and ITA as a branch of public international law. For academicians, students and even practitioners of international investment law, this monograph is a must read.' Pushkar Anand, Indian Journal of International Law

• Introduction; Part I. Discretion: The Search for Meaning: 1. Uncertainty, judicial discretion and policy; 2. Treaty interpretation; Part II. The Search for Limits: 3. Form or substance: the nationality of corporate claims; 4. Multiple approaches to define investment; 5. Legitimate expectations, risk and due diligence; Part III. The Search for Consistency: 6. Principles; 7. Precedent; 8. Publicists; Conclusion.