TY - BOOK ID - 50072315 TI - Sovereign choices and sovereign constraints PY - 2013 SN - 0191757993 019166796X 0191667951 9780191667954 9780191757990 9780199678648 0199678642 PB - Oxford, United Kingdom DB - UniCat KW - Investments, Foreign KW - International commercial arbitration. KW - Commercial treaties. KW - Law and legislation. KW - Trade agreements (Commerce) KW - Competition, International KW - Foreign trade regulation KW - Treaties KW - Reciprocity (Commerce) KW - Arbitration and award, International KW - Commercial arbitration, International KW - International arbitration and award KW - International commercial arbitration KW - Arbitration and award KW - Conflict of laws KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:50072315 AB - Investment arbitrators rely on sovereignty for their legal status just as investor-state disputes usually stem from disagreements about the role of the state in society. As a result, investment arbitration is a vehicle for the exercise of sovereign authority and a site for contesting sovereign choices. This book investigates and evaluates the decision-making record and policy trajectory of international investment arbitration, from theoretical, doctrinal, and empirical perspectives.It analyses the extent to which the system used to resolve disputes impacts on the role of government, affecting ER -