Domestic law often plays an important role in investment treaty arbitration, but how it should be addressed is unclear. Drawing on case law, international law principles, and comparative analysis, this book sets out a framework for engaging with domestic law.
This book addresses three questions: Why is there so little industry in Africa? Does it matter? And, what can be done about it?
Since 2011, democratic transitions in the Middle East and North Africa have mostly failed to consolidate and have been hindered by the difficult economic heritage of previous authoritarian governments. Yet newly established democratic governments must deliver on the expectations…
"This book offers a systematic analysis of the interaction between international investment law, investment arbitration and human rights, including the role of national and international courts, investor-state arbitral tribunals and alternative jurisdictions, the risks of legal …
This book is a practical and comprehensive guideto succeeding in business and investing in emergingMyanmar, formerly known as Burma. It covers thecountry's history, geography, demographics and marketsize, political environment, economic conditions andindustries, and legal framew…
"Historiographical approaches to international investment law scholarship are becoming ever more important. This...book combines perspectives from a range of expert international law scholars who explore ways in which using a broad variety of historical methods and historical re…
"The Energy Charter Treaty has come of age, with almost 50 States parties and a small but growing body of arbitral case law. In this new study of the Treaty's investment protection provisions, Thomas Roe and Matthew Happold set out to identify and explain the Treaty's principal …
"The Energy Charter Treaty has come of age, with almost 50 States parties and a small but growing body of arbitral case law. In this new study of the Treaty's investment protection provisions, Thomas Roe and Matthew Happold set out to identify and explain the Treaty's principal …
International investment law is one of the most dynamic fields of international law, and yet it has been criticised for failing to strike a fair balance between private and public interests. In this valuable contribution to the current debate, Valentina Vadi examines the merits …
In this study, Caroline Henckels examines how investment tribunals have balanced the competing interests of host states and foreign investors in determining state liability in disputes concerning the exercise of public power. Analyzing the concepts of proportionality and deferen…
International investment law is in transition. Whereas the prevailing mindset has always been the protection of the economic interests of individual investors, new developments in international investment law have brought about a paradigm shift. There is now more than ever befor…
"A Guide to State Succession in International Investment Law is the first work of its kind to provide a comprehensive analysis of State succession issues arising in the context of international investment law. The book examines the legal consequences in the field of investor-Sta…
"The book develops a reliance-based theory of legitimate expectations and articulates a normative framework for adjudication of cases for breach of the fair and equitable treatment standard. In this regard, the book has theoretical and practical relevance to the investment treat…
In 'Investor - State Arbitration and Human Rights' Filip Balcerzak examines the interrelations between human rights and international investment law. The work discusses whether, and how, human rights arguments may be presented in the course of arbitral proceedings based on inves…
In Investor - state arbitration and human rights Filip Balcerzak examines the interrelations between human rights and international investment law. The work discusses whether, and how, human rights arguments may be presented in the course of arbitral proceedings based on investm…
"The behavior of managers--such as the rewards they obtain for poor performance, the role of boards of directors in monitoring managers, and the regulatory framework covering the corporate governance mechanisms that are put in place to ensure managers' accountability to sharehol…
