1. The origins of investment protection and international investment law; 2. Investment contracts and internationalisation; 3. The metamorphosis of investment treaties; 4. Investment dispute settlement; 5. Jurisdiction, admissibility and parallel proceedings; 6. Applicable laws; 7. Evidence; 8. Provisional measures; 9. Protected investments; 10. Protected investors; 11. Fair and equitable treatment, and full protection and security; 12. Contingent standards: national treatment and most favoured nation treatment; 13. Expropriation; 14. Umbrella clauses; 15. Defences; 16. Remedies; 17. Costs and legal fees; 18. Challenging and enforcing awards, and the question of foreign state immunities; 19. New directions in international investment law and arbitration. sakriti opis