The Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET) Standard in International Investment Arbitration

Dr. Rumana Islam is an Associate Professor at the Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. At present she also holds the position of Assistant Director (part-time) of the law research wing of Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA). After completing her LLB and LLM degrees from the University of Dhaka, she earned an LLM with a specialization in commercial law from the University of Cambridge (UK) in 2006. She completed her doctoral work at the University of Warwick (UK) with a Commonwealth Scholarship in 2015. Her research interests include international investment law, investment arbitration, commercial arbitration, public international law, banking and securities laws, corporate law and human rights.

Chapter 1: An Overview of the Study.- Chapter 2: The Historical Development of the FET Standard in International Investment Treaties.- Chapter 3: Different Constructions of the FET Standard in Investment Treaties.- Chapter 4: Country Classification and Developing Countries in International Investment Disputes.-  , sans-serif;">Chapter 5: Current Arbitral Practice Relating to Social and Political Circumstances in Host Developing Countries: FET Standard in Context.- Chapter 6: Current Arbitral Practice Relating to Countries in Transition: The FET Standard in Context.- Chapter 7: Current Arbitral Practice Relating to Economic Crises in Host Developing Countries: The FET Standard in Context.- :minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";msChapter 8: Key Problems in the Interpretation of the FET Standard by Current Arbitral Tribunals and Reconceptualising the FET Standard from Developing Countries’ Perspectives.- Bibliography.