The ASEAN comprehensive investment agreement : the regionalisation of laws and policy on foreign investment

Table of cases -- Table of legislation, treaties, conventions and other international instruments -- 1. General introduction -- PART I. MAPPING THE GROWTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION -- 2. ASEAN as an important investment destination -- 3. Emergence of Asian noodle bowls of IIAs -- 4. Recent phenomena : the rise of plurilateral agreements with wider scope -- PART II. ACIA AS A MILESTONE IN ASEAN HISTORY -- 5. The ASEAN Economic Community and the ASEAN Investment Framework -- 6. ASEAN investment scenario -- PART III. THE SUBSTANTIVE REGIME OF THE ACIA -- 7. Investment liberalisation -- 8. Scope of the agreement : the investment and the investor -- 9. Principle of non-discrimination -- 10. Standards of protection : protecting investors and investments -- 11. Other substantive rules -- 12. Exceptions under ACIA -- PART IV. ACCESS TO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMS -- 13 Dispute settlement -- PART V. THE EMERGENCE OF AN ASEAN EXTERNAL INVESTMENT POLICY -- 14. ASEAN+DP investment agreements -- 15. Salient similarities and differences of ASEAN+DP PTAs --16. Cross benefits of ACIA and ASEAN+DP PTAs -- PART VI. CONCLUSION -- 17 Conclusion -- Annex 1. ACIA at a glance -- Annex 2. The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement -- Annex 3. Important websites