Environmental policy space and international investment law
By: Åsa Romson
Series: Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis. Studia juridica Stockholmiensia -- 88; Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis -- 88.
Publisher: Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis; Stockholm University Library [distributor]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stockholm
Language: swe
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9789186071899
Subjects: Foreign Investments; Law and legislation; International Environmental law; Environmental aspects; Investissements étrangers; Aspect de l'environnement
Description: "This dissertation analyses the implications of international investment law on host states' legal ability to protect the environment, regulate sustainable use of natural resources, and develop new approaches to manage environmental risks and uncertainties. 'Environmental policy space' is found to be a useful term when exploring the regulatory autonomy in this context. On one hand, investment law aims to ensure stability of the investment environment. On the other hand, environmental law needs flexibility to react to the degradation of the environment. It is found that those different aims do not have to be in conflict. There are useful mechanisms in national environmental law which provide for accessible, transparent and predictable decisions for the private actor. It is argued that these mechanisms can fulfill the aim of stability in investment law. It is suggested that investment treaties be viewed in the light of an overarching aim of sustainable development."--Back cover.
Notes: Doctoral, Stockholm University 2012

Includes bibliographical references and index.