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Based on a conference held at the University of Vienna by the International Law Association Committee on the Law of Foreign Investment on Standards of Investment Protection, this book examines the growing interest in substantive treatment standards as a result of the increase in investment arbitration proceedings, and focuses on the identification of a possible consensus of interpretation of these substantive treatment standards.
With contributors who are members of the ILA Committee, as well as renowned experts in the field of investment law from academia and practice, this collection examines the increased attention paid in recent years to substantive treatment standards as a result of the growing number of investment arbitration proceedings which have reached the merits stage. ICSID, NAFTA, UNCITRAL and other awards have helped to provide more specific meaning to the general standards of investment protection found in the majority of international investment instruments, in particular in bilateral investment treaties (BITs).
It is thus crucial for a deeper understanding of the present law on the treatment of foreign investment to analyse this developing jurisprudence. This book will provide a first-hand road-map of current investment law and bring readers up to date concerning the most recent developments in the field.
- Boasting contributors who are members of the ILA Committee, as well as renowned experts in the field of investment law from academia and practice
- Analyses the wealth of new jurisprudence from the increased attention in recent years on ICSID, NAFTA, UNCITRAL and other investment arbitration proceedings and awards
- Provides a first-hand road-map of current investment law
- Based on the ILA Committee on the Law of Foreign Investment Conference on Standards of Investment Protection
Introduction , Christoph Schreuer1. Admission , Anna Joubin-Bret2. National Treatment , Andrea K. Bjorklund3. Most-favoured Nation Treatment , Andreas Ziegler4. Arbitrary and Unreasonable Measures , Veijo Heiskanen5. Fair and Equitable Treatment , Catherine Yannaca-Small6. Full Protection and Security , Giuditta Cordero Moss7. Indirect Expropriation , Anne K. Hoffmann8. Legality of Expropriation , August Reinisch9. Transfers , Thomas Wälde
August Reinisch, Professor of Public International Law and EC Law at the University of Vienna
Contributors:
Christoph Schreuer, University of Vienna
Anna Joubin-Bret, UNCTAD, Geneva
Andrea K. Bjorklund, University of California Davis
Andreas Ziegler, University of Lausanne
Veijo Heiskanen, LALIVE, Geneva
Catherine Yannaca-Small, OECD, Paris
Giuditta Cordero Moss, University of Oslo
Anne K. Hoffmann, Python & Peter, Geneva
August Reinisch, University of Vienna
Thomas Wälde, University of Dundee
"...Indisputably relevant for an understanding of what is currently the meaning of the different standards applicable to investments and the emerging trends in case law related to such standards." - Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales
"This book provides a good overview of the substantive framework of investment protection" - ASA Bulletin
"The papers in this volume add substantial academic value with their discussion if the burgeoning case law arbitral tribunals. The contributors of these papers provide a sophisticated and helpful discussion of the standards of investment protection. This book is worthy of attention by every international lawyer with an interest in this area." - International and Comparative Law Quarterly
"This book provides a good overview of the substantive framework of investment protection." - ASA BULLETIN
"This book is worthy of attention by every international lawyer with an interest in this area" - John Townsend, International and Comparative Law Quarterly
