State ResponSibility For Breaches of Investment Contracts

There is a wealth of material that shapes the law of State responsibility 

for breaches of investment contracts. first impressions of an unsettled 

or uncertain law have thus far gone unchallenged. but unchallenged first 

impressions point to the need for a detailed study that investigates and 

analyses the sources, the content, the characteristics and the evolution of 

this law. The argument at the heart of this monograph is that the law of State 

responsibility for breaches of investment contracts has carved a unique and 

distinct trajectory from the traditional route for the creation of interna-

tional law, developing principally from arbitral awards, and mimicking, to 

a considerable extent, the general international law on the protection of 

aliens and alien property. This book unveils the remarkable journey of the 

law of State responsibility for breaches of investment contracts, from its 

origins, through its formation, to its arrival at the cusp of maturity.