The evolving international investment regime
Subtitle: expectations, realities, options
By: edited by José E. Alvarez and Karl P. Sauvant ; with Kamil Gérard Ahmed and Gabriela P. Vizcaíno
Contributors: Alvarez, José E., 1955-; Sauvant, Karl P.; Ahmed, Kamil Gerard; Vizcaíno, Gabriela P.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780199793624
Subjects: International Arbitration and award; Law and legislation; Congresses; Foreign Investments
Notes: Papers from the second Columbia International Investment Conference, held Oct. 30-31, 2007, at Columbia University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction:; title: International investment law in transition  -- Karl P. Sauvant and José E. Alvarez; title: The context : foreign investment and the changing global economic reality  -- Jeffrey D. Sachs; title: What do developing countries expect from the international investment regime?  -- Roberto Echandi; title: Civil society perspectives : what do key stakeholders expect from the international investment regime?  -- Howard Mann; title: Regulating multinationals : foreign investment, development, and the balance of corporate and home country rights and responsibilities in a globalizing world  -- Peter T. Muchlinski; title: On the perceived inconsistency in investor-state jurisprudence  -- Stanimir A. Alexandrov; title: Considering recalibration of international investment agreements : empirical insights  -- Susan D. Franck; title: All clear on the investment front: a plea for a restatement  -- Petros C. Mavroidis; title: Legal developments in U.S. national security reviews of foreign direct investment (2006-2008)  -- John Cobau; title: Challenges and prospects facing the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes  -- Nassib G. Ziadé; title: The changing political economy of foreign investment : finding a balance between hard and soft forms of regulation  -- John H. Dunning and Sarianna M. Lundan; title: Multilateral approaches to investment : the way forward  -- Rainer Geiger; title: The future of international investment law : a balance between the protection of investors and the states' capacity to regulate  -- Brigitte Stern; title: International investment rulemaking at the beginning of the twenty-first century : stocktaking and options for the way forward  -- James Zhan, Jorg Weber, and Joachim Karl; title: Improving the international investment law and policy system : Report of the rapporteur, Second Columbia International Investment Conference : What's next in international investment law and policy? -- Andrea K. Bjorklund.