Dieses Papier setzt sich mit den wesentlichen Prägungen der Globalisierung auf die Entwicklung des Internationalen Investitionsrechts auseinander; es fragt, inwiefern der grenzüberschreitende Investitionsschutz durch internationale Schiedsgerichte die Rolle des Staates bei der Bereitstellung...

International investment law has received increasing attention due to the proliferation of investment treaties and the number of arbitral awards made thereunder. At the end of 2011, there were 450 known investment cases that have been settled or are pending. Yet, there are many core questions...

Sovereign rights in Exclusive economic zones and Continental shelves are functionally limited to the economic exploitation of these zones. Moreover, in the case of disputed maritime zones these sovereign rights are neither exclusive nor necessarily constant. Nevertheless, states are still...

Rules of customary international law provide basic legal protections to foreign investors doing business abroad. These rules remain of fundamental importance today despite the growing number of investment treaties containing substantive investment protection. In this book, Patrick Dumberry...