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UNCTAD's Roadmap for IIA Reform of Investment Dispute Settlement
Weber, Joerg - 2020
International investment law is undergoing a time of reflection, review and revision. Increasing dissatisfaction with the functioning of the current system that governs the protection of international investment and the wish to ensure that investment is channelled towards sustainable development...
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A Compromise to Advance the Trade Agenda : Purge Negotiations of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Ikenson, Daniel J. - 2014
; anti-globalization activists sparing the developing world from development — has grown into a populist backlash against the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046806
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Dispute Settlement Over Exchange Measures Affecting Trade and Investments : The Overlapping Jurisdictions of the IMF, WTO, and the ICSID
Viterbo, Annamaria - 2014
. Coherence, consistency and predictability of international law rules are particularly relevant in a global world and market … for exchange controls and restrictions which affect the functioning of the international monetary system and the world of … international system as envisioned after World War II and of the various types of exchange measures, this paper will first analyze …
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Recent Developments in International Investment Law
Titi, Catharine - 2020
In 2016 and 2017, states continued their engagement with international investment law. A small minority of states displayed scepticism or tried to disengage themselves from their investment law obligations. This chapter addresses select institutional developments in international investment law...
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The Right to Regulate in International Investment Law
Titi, Catharine - 2020
Since the inception of the international investment law system, investment promotion and protection have been the raison d’être of investment treaties and states have confined their policy space in order to attract foreign investment and protect their investors abroad. Languishing in relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095340
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Is there a Need for Investor-State Arbitration in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)?
Kleinheisterkamp, Jan - 2014
This short paper analyses the legal arguments forwarded by the European Commission to justify the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the current negotiations with the U.S. on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), notably U.S. cases that would show...
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International Centre for Settlment of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
Kryvoi, Yarik - 2020
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes is an intergovernmental organisation at the core of the system of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). ICSID is busier than ever with the number of cases pending at its historical maximum. However, the legitimacy of the system...
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Investor-State Dispute Settlement : An Analysis of the Reform Proposals on Its Institutional Structure
Soares, Caio Cesar - 2017
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) has played an important role in the international arena since its creation, especially after the 1990s when the number of cases arose dramatically. By providing an unbiased forum for settling disputes among investors and states, ISDS has proved to be a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012954476
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Foreign Direct Investment, Investment Treaty Arbitration and the Rule of Law
Franck, Susan - 2008
In the last decade, there has been a surge in the number of multi-lateral and bilateral investment treaties governments have signed; meanwhile there have been dramatic increases in the amount of foreign direct investment (FDI); and, more recently, the number of claims brought under investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014059649
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Transatlantic free trade : the view point of Germany
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Aichele, Rahel - 2014
America would be the largest preferential trade agreement in the world. Encompassing almost half of world GDP, it will have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469280