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Author Voss, Jan Ole

Title The impact of investment treaties on contracts between host states and foreign investors / by Jan Ole Voss
Published Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxxviii, 363 pages)
Series Studies on the law of treaties, 1574-9088 ; vol. 4
Studies on the law of treaties ; v. 4.
Contents Introduction -- Contracts between host states and foreign investors in the absence of international investment treaties -- The regime established by investment treaties -- The substantive coverage of contracts between host states and foreign investors through investment treaty standards -- The Umbrella Clause -- The relationship of parallel treaty-based international arbitral proceedings and contract-based domestic court proceedings in investment treaty disputes -- Final conclusion
Summary Foreign investments are usually implemented through contracts between host States and foreign investors. These contracts and international investment treaties represent two different legal instruments that protect foreign direct investment. The co-existence of both instruments under international investment law has generated fundamental problems. By scrutinizing and tracing the increasingly divided jurisprudence on central aspects of treaty interpretation and analyzing the conflicting legal concepts applied by arbitral tribunals, this book represents a comprehensive examination of the complex
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-359) and index
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Subject Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation.
Commercial treaties.
LAW -- Commercial -- General.
LAW -- Business & Financial.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Law.
Commercial treaties
Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004188129
9004188126
1283120410
9781283120418
9786613120410
6613120413