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The origins of international investment law : empire, environment, and the safeguarding of capital / Kate Miles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miles, Kate, 1971- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 99.
- Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 99
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Investments, Foreign (International law)--History.
- Investments, Foreign (International law).
- Investments, Foreign--Law and legislation.
- Investments, Foreign.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 464 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- International investment law is a complex and dynamic field. Yet, the implications of its history are under explored. Kate Miles examines the historical evolution of international investment law, assessing its origins in the commercial and political expansionism of dominant states during the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries and the continued resonance of those origins within modern foreign investment protection law. In particular, the exploration of the activities of the Dutch East India Company, Grotius' treatises, and pre-World War II international investment disputes provides insight into current controversies surrounding the interplay of public and private interests, the systemic design of investor-state arbitration, the substantive focus of principles, and the treatment of environmental issues within international investment law. In adopting such an approach, this book provides a fresh conceptual framework through which contemporary issues can be examined and creates new understandings of those controversies.
- Contents:
- Origins of international investment law
- "The dynamic of a politically oriented law " : foreign investment protection in a changing political environment
- Polarisation of positions
- Hints at synergy
- Transformation in international law : applying developments to foreign investment
- Paths towards a reconceptualised international law on foreign investment
- Conclusion : patterns of power in international investment law.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781139600279
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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