Title Improving International Investment Agreements

Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (441 pages) Series Routledge Research in International Economic Law Routledge research in international economic law. Contents Cover; Improving International Investment Agreements; Copyright; Contents; Editors' preface; List of contributors; Table of abbreviations; Editors' notes on references; Introduction; Part I IIA treaty-making: evolution and evaluation; 1 Developments in IIA treaty-making; 2 The evolution of IIA practice in Canada and the United States; 3 The evolving role of the European Union in IIA treaty-making; 4 The evolution of Chinese approaches to IIAs; 5 A quantitative perspective on trends in IIA rules; 6 The costs and benefits of IIAs to developing countries: an economic perspective Part II Efficiency7 Investment provisions in regional trade agreements: a more efficient solution?; 8 Increasing the use of alternative dispute resolution in IIAs; 9 Is it necessary to avoid substantive and procedural overlaps with other agreements in IIAs?; Part III Legitimacy; 10 Corporate investors' international legal personality and their accountability for human rights violations under IIAs; 11 Investor misconduct; 12 Balancing IIA arbitration through the use of counterclaims; 13 Issues of corporate nationality in investment arbitration 14 Enhancing the legitimacy of international investment law by establishing an appellate mechanismPart IV Sustainability; 15 The use of general exceptions in IIAs: increasing legitimacy or uncertainty?; 16 Sustainable development and IIAs: from objective to practice; 17 Direct taxation, tax treaties and IIAs: mixed objectives, mixed results; 18 The impact of international law on IIA interpretation; 19 The contribution of international investment law to public international law; Table of treaties and international instruments; Table of cases; Bibliography; Index Summary This book presents the reflections of a group of researchers interested in assessing whether the law governing the promotion and protection of foreign investment reflects sound public policy. Whether it is the lack of ""checks and balances"" on investor rights or more broadly the lack of balance between public rights and private interests, the time is ripe for an in-depth discussions of current challenges facing the international investment law regime. Through a survey of the evolution in IIA treaty-making and an evaluation from different perspectives, the authors take stock of develo Notes Print version record Subject Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation. Investments, Foreign -- Political aspects Investments, Foreign -- Economic aspects Investments, Foreign -- Government policy Investments, Foreign -- Economic aspects Investments, Foreign -- Government policy Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation Investments, Foreign -- Political aspects Form Electronic book Author Lévesque, Céline ISBN 9781136260711 1136260714

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