International investment law
Subtitle: reconciling policy and principle
By: Surya P. Subedi
Publisher: Hart
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781847314611; 9781841138794
Subjects: Securities; LAW; International Customary law; Investments, Foreign (International law)
Description: This book presents an up-to-date and scholarly overview of the law of foreign investment, as well as a comprehensive and succinct analysis of the main principles and the standards of treatment available to foreign investors in international law. It is authoritative and multi-layered, offering an analysis of the most pressing issues, and an insightful assessment of recent trends in the case law on the interpretation of established and evolving principles, from both developed and developing country perspectives. A major feature of this book is that it deals with the emerging tension between the.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Prelims; Preface; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Table of Statutes, Conventions, Treaties, Agreements Etc; Introduction; 1 Evolution of Foreign Investment Law; 2 International Efforts to Regulate Foreign Investment; 3 Protection of Foreign Investment in Customary International Law; 4 Protection of Foreign Investment through Bilateral Investment Treaties; 5 Fleshing Out the Principles through Jurisprudence; 6 Current Issues in Foreign Investment Law; 7 Addressing Current Challenges in Foreign Investment Law; Concluding Observations; Index;