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1 online resource (491 pages) |
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Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law |
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Cambridge international trade and economic law.
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COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF FIGURES; TABLE OF TREATIES, DRAFT INSTRUMENTS, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS; Multilateral treaties; Bilateral treaties; Draft instruments and other non-binding instruments and related material; TABLE OF CASES; Permanent Court of International Justice; International Court of Justice; International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Body; European Court of Human Rights; European Court of Justice; Iran-United States Claims Tribunal; Arbitral awards and decisions by claims commissions |
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Decisions of Domestic CourtsI Introduction: globalization and international investment law; A International investment law as a building block of the global economy; B International investment law, economic ideology and hegemony; C The choice between bilateralism and multilateralism; D Investment treaties -- instruments of bilateralism or elements of a multilateral system?; E The multilateralization of international investment law on the basis of bilateral treaties; F The course of the argument; II The dynamics of multilateralism and bilateralism in international investment relations |
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A The state of international investment law until 1945B The failures of multilateralism I: 1945-1974; C The rise of bilateral and regional investment treaties; D Limited success of multilateralism: ICSID and MIGA; E The failures of multilateralism II: 1990-2004; F Conclusion; III Treaty negotiation and multilateralization of international investment law; A The standard content of bilateral investment treaties; B The dynamics of treaty negotiation: the creation of homogeneous treaty texts; C Multilateralism and the specific interest in uniform investment rules; D Conclusion |
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IV Multilateralization through most-favored-nation treatmentA Historical and doctrinal background of MFN clauses; B Multilateralizing substantive investment protection; C Multilateralizing procedural investment protection; D Multilateralizing arbitral jurisdiction; E Conclusion: MFN treatment -- securing the future of multilateralism; V Multilateralization and corporate structuring; A Shareholder protection in international investment law; B "Hiding behind the corporate veil": corporate structuring and corporate nationality; C Conclusion |
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VI Multilateral enforcement of international investment lawA Investment treaty arbitration as a compliance mechanism; B Investment treaty arbitration as a mechanism for resolving uncertainty in international investment relations; C Conclusion; VII Multilateralization through interpretation: producing and reproducing coherence in investment jurisprudence; A The potential for inconsistencies in investment treaty arbitration; B Interpretation methods and the unity of the system's sources |
| Summary |
The book argues that international investment law is a structured body of law based on uniform principles of investment protection |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation.
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Investments, Foreign (International law)
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International commercial arbitration.
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International commercial arbitration
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Investments, Foreign (International law)
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Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511604539 |
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051160453X |
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