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Arbitration Without Privity
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This article examines the legal bases for resorting to international investment arbitration in the absence of a direct arbitration agreement between the parties. It focuses in particular on consent and avenues for submitting investment disputes to arbitration.
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The basis for arbitral jurisdiction and access to arbitration in investment disputes where no direct contractual privity exists between the investor and the State.
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“Arbitration Without Privity”
ICSID Review · 1995
DOI 10.1093/icsidreview/10.2.232
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