The Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Bringing the Findings of Social Psychology into the Debate

Gicquello, Myriam (2019) The Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Bringing the Findings of Social Psychology into the Debate. Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 10 (4). pp. 561-581. ISSN 2040-3585

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Abstract

This article introduces the findings of social psychology, especially group psychology, into the study of investment arbitration. It argues that arbitrators as members of small groups (i.e. tribunals or divisions in an Investment Court) might be subjected to a number of influences inherent to such collective settings—factors already proven to be at play in domestic courts. In turn, identifying those factors provides an opportunity to reduce their impact on the decision-making of legal adjudicators through the implementation of adequate remedies. Adopting one of the most popular models of group decision-making—groupthink— this article discusses the manifestations and implications of this theory for Investor-State Dispute Settlement both in its ad hoc and institutionalized forms. Specifically, it claims that the Investment Court defended by the EU and generally posited in some agreements might not be that different from the current system from a socio-psychological perspective, and hence could be further improved.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1093/jnlids/idz017
Dates:	Date Event 10 August 2019 Accepted 9 September 2019 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	international arbitration in general, international dispute settlement in general
Subjects:	CAH16 - law > CAH16-01 - law > CAH16-01-01 - law
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Law, Social and Criminal Justice
Depositing User:	Myriam Gicquello
Date Deposited:	10 Aug 2021 12:19
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2022 14:08
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/12030

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