This paper addresses the impact the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises have on the field of international investment law. More specifically, the paper shows how the Guidelines, and similar instruments of corporate social responsibility (CSR), as well as the underlying concerns and...

While there is an extensive amount of literature on the noodle bowl of agreements in Asia, the majority of studies exclusively focus on trade (in goods). So far, little emphasis has been placed on the proliferation of international investment treaties (IIAs). Given the significance of IIAs, it...

The paper addresses the phenomenon of how international investment law contributes to the ‘internationalization' and ‘transnationalization' of public contracts law, often even much beyond the narrow class of public contracts involving foreign investors. This includes restrictions on...