Foreign Investment and the Environment in International Law

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Foreign Investment and the Environment in International Law

By Jorge Vinuales
Cambridge University Press April 2015

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ISBN-13
9781107521810
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
April 2015
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Conflicts between foreign investment law and environmental law are becoming increasingly frequent. On the one hand, the rise of environmental regulation poses significant challenges to foreign investors in several industries. On the other, the surge in investment arbitration proceedings is making States aware of the important litigation risks that may result from the adoption of environmental regulation.

This study of the relationship between these two areas of law adopts both a policy and a practical perspective. It identifies the major challenges facing States, foreign investors and their legal advisers as a result of the potential friction between investment law and environmental law and provides a detailed analysis of all the major legal issues on the basis of a comprehensive study of the jurisprudence from investment tribunals, human rights courts and bodies, the ICJ, the WTO, the ITLOS, the CJEU and other adjudication mechanisms.

Table of Contents

Introductory observations

Part I. Setting the Framework:
1. The increasing interactions between foreign investment law and international environmental law
2. Conceptualising interactions
3. Synergies
4. Conflicts I - soft-control mechanisms
5. Conflicts II - adjudication mechanisms

Part II. Normative Conflicts:
6. Normative priority in international law
7. Foreign investment and the international regulation of freshwater
8. Foreign investment and the protection of biological and cultural diversity
9. Foreign investment and the international regulation of dangerous substances and activities
10. Foreign investment and the climate change regime

Part III. Legitimacy Conflicts:
11. Normative priority between different legal systems
12. Environmental measures and expropriation clauses
13. Environmental measures and non-discrimination standards
14. Environmental measures, stability and due process
15. Defence arguments based on environmental considerations

Concluding observations.
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