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International Investment Law and Legal Theory
A theoretical analysis of the structure of expropriation in investment law, investigating the foundations for contemporary scholarship and practice.
The Oxford Handbook of International Arbitration
The Oxford Handbook of International Arbitration, A team of leading experts from across academia and practice provide an authoritative account of international arbitration, Discussion ranges from the practicalities of how arbitration technically works, to big picture analysis of the forces that underpin it, Incorporates insights from a range of disciplines beyond law, including history, sociology, literature, and economics Book jacket.
International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution
The second edition of International Investment, Political Risk and Dispute Resolution explores the multi-layered legal framework for the protection of foreign investment against political risk. The authors expertly analyse some of the key issues surrounding this subject, such as structuring transactions to minimize political risk, political risk insurance, state responsibility, treaties protecting foreign investment and human rights, and international arbitration between states and investors. Since the previous edition was released in 2005, far more attention has been paid to these issues, in particular investor-state arbitration, as well as other current topics such as the interaction betwe...
Transnational Corporations and the Infrastructure Challenge
The World Investment Report 2008 presents the latest data on foreign direct investment (FDI) and traces global and regional trends in FDI and in international production by transnational corporations (TNCs). This year's report puts a special focus on the role of TNCs in meeting the huge needs of developing countries for infrastructure such as roads, ports, water, gas and electricity supply, and telecommunications. Drawing on unique data, this year, the Report examines the universe of the largest TNCs investing in infrastructure industries and the increasing role of TNCs from the South in contributing to infrastructure in other developing economies. The Report explores how the participation of TNCs brings benefits, but also entails risks and costs. It considers how the mix of public and private (including TNC) involvement can help spur foreign investment and knowledge transfer to countries that need such inflows.
Decisions of the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution
"The Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution, established with the General Settlement Fund in Vienna, decides on applications for restitution which mostly concern real property. With only a few exceptions, all properties had been the subject of restitution proceedings after 1945." "Since 2003, the Arbitration Panel has decided on a great number of applications, and has recommended the restitution of property to the legal successors of former owners in several cases. In the course of these decisions based on the General Settlement Fund Law, the Arbitration Panel has developed a complex case law." "Volume 2 contains the following decisions of the Arbitration Panel, each in the German original and with the English translation: No. 8/2004, No. 9/2005, No. 24/2005, No. 25/2005, No. 26/2005, No. 27/2005 and No. 28/2005." --Book Jacket.
