CHANGING INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN A GLOBAL ORDER: THREE DIFFERENT APPROACHES

Authors

  • Michel Roberto Oliveira de Souza International University College of Turin and Universidade de São Paulo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21783/rei.v3i2.86

Keywords:

International Investment Dispute Settlement, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Institutional Arrangements

Abstract

This article explores three different approaches in changing the international investment dispute resolution institutional arrangement models. To do this, it first analyses the hegemonic Bilateral Investment Treaties’ system of investor-State arbitration. Then the article focus on critics related to the procedure, regarding jurisdictional issues. Thirdly, it presents three different approaches to change institutional arrangements in the investment dispute resolution system, as the European, the U.S. and the Brazilian approaches.

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Author Biography

Michel Roberto Oliveira de Souza, International University College of Turin and Universidade de São Paulo.

SJD Student at Universidade de São Paulo Law School. Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the State University of Maringá (UEM) and LLM from both the University of São Paulo and the International University College of Turin.

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2018-02-25

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Souza, M. R. O. de. (2018). CHANGING INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN A GLOBAL ORDER: THREE DIFFERENT APPROACHES. JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES, 3(2), 1245–1279. https://doi.org/10.21783/rei.v3i2.86

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