投资条约仲裁机制的结构性缺陷与变革——评范·哈顿的《投资条约仲裁与公法》

The Structural Flaw and Reform of InvestmentTreaty Arbitration—Comments onInvestment Treaty Arbitration andPublic Law by Gus Van Harten

投资条约仲裁机制的出现是国际司法的一次革命性发展。然而,该机制独特地将私人仲裁模式运用于规制争端的解决,这与民主社会所共同珍视的司法可问责性、透明度、独立性和一致性原则相冲突。从这个意义上讲,投资条约仲裁机制存在着结构性缺陷,因此,有必要对该机制进行变革以符合全球经济法治的要求。

The advent of investment treaty arbitration mechanism is a revolutionary development in international adjudication.However,the system’s unique use of private arbitration in the regulatory sphere conflicts with cherished principles of judicial accountability,openness,independence and coherence in democratic societies.According to this aspect,the problems with the investment treaty arbitration mechanism are structural,and so,a reform of the mechanism,for the requirement of the rule of law in a global economy,is necessary.