Radi, YannickYannick Radi is Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of UCLouvain and a Guest Professor at Sciences Po Law School in Paris where he lectures on international investment law and arbitration. He is also a consultant on international arbitration matters.

Offers the most comprehensive, detailed and up-to-date analysis of international investment law and arbitration compared to its competitors.

1. The History of International Investment Law and Arbitration; 2. The Sources of International Investment Law and Arbitration; 3. Introduction to the Substantive Rules Protecting Foreign Investments and Public Interests; 4. Promotion, Facilitation, Admission and Establishment of Foreign Investments; 5. Standards of Treatment; 6. The Protection Against Illegal Expropriation; 7. Public Interest Limitations on Foreign Investors' Protection; 8. Obligations to Protect and Respect Public Interests; 9. Insurance Against Political Risks; 10. Classification of Investment-related Disputes and Dispute Settlement Mechanisms; 11. Investor-State Arbitration: Historical, Institutional and Procedural Dimensions; 12. Applicable Law and Interpretation; 13. Provisional Measures; 14. Jurisdiction and Admissibility; 15. Investor-State Arbitration and the Law of State Responsibility:Attribution, Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness and Reparation; 16. ICSID Convention Annulment Proceedings.

International investment law and arbitration is its own 'galaxy', made up of thousands of treaties to be read in relation to hundreds of awards. It is also diverse, as treaty and arbitration practices display nuances and differences on a number of issues. While it has been expanding over the past few decades in quantitative terms, this galaxy is now developing new traits as a reaction to the criticisms formulated across civil society in relation to the protection of public interest. This textbook enables readers to master and make sense of this galaxy in motion. It offers an up-to-date, comprehensive and detailed analysis of the rules and practices which form international investment law and arbitration, covering its substantive, institutional and procedural aspects. Using analytical and practice-oriented approaches, it provides analyses accessible to readers discovering this field anew, while it offers a wealth of in-depth studies to those who are already familiar with it.