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Title
Resistance and change in the international law on foreign investment
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Sornarajah, M. (Author)
Subject
Investments, Foreign (International law) (LCSH)
Language
English
Classification
LCC: K3830 .S649 2015 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 346.07 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
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Content
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Summary
"Since the 1990s, conflicts within international law on foreign investment have arisen as a result of several competing interests. The neoliberal philosophy ensured inflexible investment protection given by a network of investment treaties interpreted in an expansive manner, which led to states creating regulatory space over foreign investment. However, NGOs committed to single causes such as human rights and the environment protested against inflexible investment protection. The rise to prominence of arguments against the fragmentation of international law also affected the development of investment law as an autonomous regime. These factors have resulted in some states renouncing the system of arbitration and other states creating new treaties which undermine inflexible investment protection. The treaty-based system of investment protection has therefore become tenuous, and change has become inevitable. Emphasising the changes resulting from resistance to a system based on neoliberal foundations, this study looks at recent developments in the area"-- Provided by publisher.
"This book brings together some of the views that I have stated over the years in different papers published in journals. An alternative interpretation of international investment law developed in those papers finds a more complete statement in this book"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. The precursor to neoliberalism: the internationalization of foreign investment contracts; 3. Creating jurisdiction beyond consent; 4. The emasculation of expropriation; 5. The fair and equitable standard: expansion and control; 6. Defences and justifications; 7. Looking to the future; 8. A theory of change in the international law on foreign investment.
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Sornarajah, M. Resistance and change in the international law on foreign investment
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 18406523
Change Date: 2015-10-27T12:30:33
Creation Date: 2014-12-15
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: United States, Library of Congress