International Investment Law and Development: Bridging the Gap

I INTRODUCTION AND KEYNOTE
1. International Investment Law and Development: Friends or Foes?
Stephan W. Schill, Christian J. Tams and Rainer Hofmann
2. Developing Countries in the Investment Treaty System: A Law for Need or a Law for Greed?
M. Sornarajah

II CONCEPTUAL LINKAGES BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW AND DEVELOPMENT
3. International Investment Law and Development: A History of Two Concepts
Yannick Radi
4. Overcoming Obstacles with Opportunities: Trade and Investment Agreements for Sustainable Development
Markus W Gehring and Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger
5. UNCTAD’s Effort to Foster the Relationship between International Investment Law and Sustainable Development
Andrea Saldarriaga and Kendra Magraw
6. Reviving the Emperor’s Old Clothes: The Good Governance Agenda, Development and International Investment Law
Celine Tan
7. Aspiring for a Constructive TWAIL Approach Towards the International Investment Regime
Antonius R Hippolyte

III DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION
8. Sovereignty over Natural Resources and International Investment Law: The Elusive Search for Equilibrium
Melaku Geboye Desta
9. International (Investment) Law and Distribution Conflicts over Natural Resources
Isabel Feichtner
10. Democracy, Development and Compensation under Investment Treaties: The Case of Transition from Authoritarian Rule
Jonathan Bonnitcha
11. Investment Treaties and Democratic Transition: Does Investment Law Authorize Not to Honor Contracts Concluded with Undemocratic Regimes?
Walid Ben Hamida

IV DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL INCLUSION
12. The International Mandate for Development: Building Compliant Investment within the State’s Development Decision-Making Processes
Diane A. Desierto
13. The Law of Investment Protection and Poverty Reduction
Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer
14. Mainstreaming Sustainable Development into International Investment Agreements: What Role for Labor Provisions?
Vid Prislan and Ruben Zandvliet
15. Investment, Development and Indigenous Peoples
Christina Binder

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