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Investment Treaty News Quarterly, Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2012
In this issue:
Deference or No Deference, That is the Question: Legitimacy and Standards of Review in Investor-State Arbitration; The Source for Determining Standards of Review in International Investment Law; Consent to Arbitration Through National Investment Legislation; Investment Law and Public Services: Clashes of Interests or Peaceful Coexistence?; Analysis of the European Commission's Draft Text on Investor-State Dispute Settlement for EU Agreements; Trends in Investor Claims Over Feed-in Tariffs for Renewable Energy; News in Brief; Awards and Decisions; Resources and Events.
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