Con­flict of laws in investor-state ar­bit­ra­tion and its impact on Ghana’s reg­u­lat­ory autonomy

De­vel­op­ment sum­mary

Doreen Awuah in­vest­ig­ates how ar­bit­ral tribunals have used cus­tom­ary in­ter­na­tion­al law prin­ciples to un­der­mine Art­icle 181(5) of Ghana’s Con­sti­tu­tion in investor-state ar­bit­ra­tion. She argues that this prac­tice is prob­lem­at­ic be­cause the pro­vi­sion en­shrines the Ghanai­an people’s right to eco­nom­ic self-determination.

Awuah pro­poses a re­for­mu­la­tion of in­ter­na­tion­al in­vest­ment law to cur­tail investor-state ar­bit­ra­tion’s impact on Ghana’s reg­u­lat­ory autonomy.