Edited by Shaheeza Lalani and Rodrigo Polanco Lazo, The Role of the State in Investor-State Arbitration is a collection of edited contributions by lawyers, arbitrators and political scientists on the development of the concept of the "State" in a field that currently presents an increasing number of controversial disputes: Investor-State Arbitration.

FOREWORD Shaheeza Lalani THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Michael E. Schneider PART I. STATE POWERS AND INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer CHAPTER 1: STATES AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT: A LAW OF THE TREATIES PERSPECTIVE Tarcisio Gazzini CHAPTER 2: THE REGULATORY STATE AND THE DUTY OF CONSISTENCY Danielle Morris CHAPTER 3: THE TRANSPLANTATION OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS IN INVESTMENT TREATY ARBITRATION: A CRITIQUE Teerawat Wongkaew CHAPTER 4: HOST STATES AS CLAIMANTS: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS Dai Tamada PART II. STATES AND THE INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION REGIME Stephen Gelb CHAPTER 5: THE CONCEPT OF THE STATE IN INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION: A SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE Todd Tucker CHAPTER 6: THE IMPACT OF INVESTMENT TREATY LAW ON HOST STATE BEHAVIOR: SOME DOCTRINAL, EMPIRICAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY INSIGHTS Mavluda Sattorova CHAPTER 7: DOMESTIC DEMANDS AND INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS: WHAT CAUSES INVESTOR STATE DISPUTES? Zoe Williams CHAPTER 8: EXIT, VOICE, AND LOYALTY IN INVESTMENT TREATY ARBITRATION: A SUMMARY Anna Katselas CHAPTER 9: INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CONSIDERATION OF INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AT THE OECD-HOSTED FREEDOM OF INVESTMENT (FOI) ROUNDTABLE David Gaukrodger PART III. THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE STATE IN INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTES Rodrigo Polanco Lazo CHAPTER 10: TOWARDS A GREATER ROLE FOR STATE-TO-STATE ARBITRATION IN THE ARCHITECTURE OF INVESTMENT TREATIES? Michele Potesta CHAPTER 11: THE ROLE OF THE STATE AFTER AN AWARD IS RENDERED IN INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION Tomonori Mizushima CHAPTER 12: THE RETURN OF THE HOME STATE AND THE RISE OF 'EMBEDDED' INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION Wolfgang Alschner CHAPTER 13: ILLEGAL INVESTMENTS AND ACTIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO A STATE UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW 226 Sergey Usoskin PART IV. ATTRIBUTION OF CONDUCT OF NON-STATE ORGAN ENTITIES: AN INTRODUCTION Georgios Petrochilos CHAPTER 14: THE EUROPEAN UNION INVESTMENT ARBITRATION REGIME AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: THE NEED FOR A SYNCHRONIZATION OF EFFORTS Cornel Marian CHAPTER 15: STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES IN THE CURRENT REGIME OF INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION Ji Li CHAPTER 16: THE MANY FACES OF STATES IN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW: SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, UNRECOGNIZED STATES AND SUB-STATE ENTITIES Chien-Huei Wu THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE HOME AND THE HOST STATE IN INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION: SOME CONCLUSIONS Rodrigo Polanco Lazo