This edited collection on international commercial and investment
disputes in, and with, India examines past and present landmark
legislative and regulatory reforms initiated by the Indian government,
including the 2015 new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) model, the 2015
amendments to the 1996 Arbitration Act and the 2013 amendments to
Section 135 of the Companies Act on Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR), as well as the most recent amendments to the same.
The book also includes recent developments in the dispute resolution
arena, regional, and international negotiations involving India, the
legal profession's response to these developments, and civil society's
comments. In addition, it addresses contemporary problems of key
importance and at the centre of today's discussions, from the legitimacy
and relevance of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) to the
denunciation of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), and the role
arbitration should play in emerging economies now leaders in world
trade. In creating bridges between commercial and investment
arbitration, it also renews the conceptual approach to these too often
artificially isolated fields of law.
The volume provides an accurate and updated account of the many
fascinating conceptual and practical evolutions, which already impact
the world of international dispute resolution far beyond the borders of
India. This unique and exhaustive study will be of great appeal to a
vast range of readers from practitioners to academia.
