Transparency and Representation of the Public Interest in Investment Treaty Arbitration

Alessandra Asteriti; Christian  Tams

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199589104.003.0025

Transparency and Representation of the Public Interest in Investment Treaty Arbitration

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Transparency and Representation of the Public Interest in Investment Treaty Arbitration. / Asteriti, Alessandra; Tams, Christian .
International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law. ed. / Stephan W. Schill. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. p. 787-816 25.

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Harvard

Asteriti, A & Tams, C 2011, Transparency and Representation of the Public Interest in Investment Treaty Arbitration. in SW Schill (ed.), International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law., 25, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 787-816. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199589104.003.0025

APA

Asteriti, A., & Tams, C. (2011). Transparency and Representation of the Public Interest in Investment Treaty Arbitration. In S. W. Schill (Ed.), International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law (pp. 787-816). Article 25 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199589104.003.0025

Vancouver

Asteriti A, Tams C. Transparency and Representation of the Public Interest in Investment Treaty Arbitration. In Schill SW, editor, International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2011. p. 787-816. 25 doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199589104.003.0025

Bibtex

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