Title: International law and foreign direct investment /
Authors: Ndulo, Muna; Chase, Abigail N.
Date: 2020
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press,
Physical description: xxxiv, 689 pages ; 26 cm
Language: English
LC classification: K
Contents: Foreign investment and international law -- Attraction of foreign investment, guarantees to investors, investment codes and efforts to regulate foreign investments -- Investment insurance, features, concepts -- The protection of investments through bilateral treaties -- Nationalization, investment protection and compensation -- Intellectual property protection and transfer of technology to developing countries -- The process and value of the unification of commercial law for international trade and investments -- International commercial arbitration and international settlement of investment disputes -- Legal issues in joint ventures -- Emerging issues in foreign direct investment -- Project financing -- International efforts against corruption in international business transactions -- Documents: A. New York Convention (1958) -- B. Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States (1966, amended 2006) -- C. MIGA Convention (1988) -- D. TRIPS (1994).
Subject headings (LCSH): Investments, Foreign (International law); Investments, Foreign--Law and legislation.