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...

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...

The global crises of the early 21st century that have tested the international financial architecture. In seeking to ensure stability, governments have regulated financial and capital markets. This in turn has implicated international investment law, which investors have invoked as a shield...