The Uneasy Relationship between Intra-EU Investment Tribunals and the Court of Justice’s Achmea Judgment

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The Uneasy Relationship between Intra-EU Investment Tribunals and the Court of Justice’s Achmea Judgment. / Gáspár-Szilágyi, Szilárd; Usynin, Maxim.

In: European Investment Law and Arbitration Review Online, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2019, p. 29–65.

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Gáspár-Szilágyi, S & Usynin, M 2019, 'The Uneasy Relationship between Intra-EU Investment Tribunals and the Court of Justice’s Achmea Judgment', European Investment Law and Arbitration Review Online, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 29–65. https://doi.org/10.1163/24689017_00401003

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Gáspár-Szilágyi, S., & Usynin, M. (2019). The Uneasy Relationship between Intra-EU Investment Tribunals and the Court of Justice’s Achmea Judgment. European Investment Law and Arbitration Review Online, 4(1), 29–65. https://doi.org/10.1163/24689017_00401003

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Gáspár-Szilágyi S, Usynin M. The Uneasy Relationship between Intra-EU Investment Tribunals and the Court of Justice’s Achmea Judgment. European Investment Law and Arbitration Review Online. 2019;4(1):29–65. https://doi.org/10.1163/24689017_00401003

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Gáspár-Szilágyi, Szilárd ; Usynin, Maxim. / The Uneasy Relationship between Intra-EU Investment Tribunals and the Court of Justice’s Achmea Judgment. In: European Investment Law and Arbitration Review Online. 2019 ; Vol. 4, No. 1. pp. 29–65.

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