The International Law on Foreign Investment

ISBN-13: 9781108730860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 696 str.

M. Sornarajah

Opis

The only work that goes beyond the rules of law, looking at the origins and conflicts that shaped the law.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The shaping factors; 3. Controls by the host state; 4. The liability of multinational corporations and home state measures; 5. Bilateral investment treaties; 6. Multilateral and regional instruments on foreign investment; 7. Settlement of investment disputes: contract-based arbitration; 8. Treaty-based investment arbitration: jurisdictional issues; 9. Causes of action: breaches of treatment standards; 10. The taking of foreign property; 11. Compensation for nationalisation of foreign investments; 12. Defences to responsibility; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Sornarajah, M. M. Sornarajah is C. J. Koh Professor at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Human Rights, London School of Economics.