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International investment law and soft law / edited by Andrea K. Bjorklund, August Reinisch.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Investments, Foreign (International law).
- Investments, Foreign--Law and legislation.
- Investments, Foreign.
- Soft law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This important book examines the development of soft-law instruments in international investment law and the feasibility of a 'codification' of the present state of this field of international economic law. It draws together the views of international experts on the use of soft law in international law generally and in discrete fields such as WTO, commercial, and environmental law. The book assesses whether investment law has sufficiently coalesced over the last 50 years to be 'codified' and focuses particularly on topical issues such as most-favoured-nation treatment and expropriation. This t
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1. Introduction: the ILA Study Group on the role of soft law instruments in international investment law; 2. Sources of international investment law; 3. Soft law in international law: an overview; 4. Assessing the effectiveness of soft law instruments in international investment law; 5. Soft law instruments in environmental law: models for international investment law; 6. Soft law codifications in the area of commercial law; 7. GATT/WTO law and international standards: an example of soft law instruments hardening up?
- 8. The evolution of investment protection based on public international law treaties: lessons to be learned9. Is the MFN principle in international law ripe for multilateralization or codification?; 10. Is expropriation ripe for codification? The example of the non-discrimination requirements for lawful expropriations; 11. Soft codification of international investment law; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-52268-3
- 1-78100-322-X
- OCLC:
- 797916275
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