This paper provides a critical introduction to the approaches taken in legal research to address issues relating to foreign direct investment (FDI). It starts from a broad understanding of legal approaches to FDI, as encompassing substance and procedure under both national and international law....

In contemporary discourse, international investment law (IIL) and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) are often perceived as threats to community interests in one-sidedly protecting foreign investors and undermining public policies that are to the benefit of the local population and the...

The present article comments on Simon Batifort and J. Benton Heath, ‘The New Debate on the Interpretation of MFN Clauses in Investment Treaties: Putting the Brakes on Multilateralization', published in this issue of the American Journal of International Law. It agrees with Batifort and Heath...

This second edition of this publication provides an overview of important contemporary issues relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational enterprises for all those who are interested in this subject, but are not always in a position to follow diverse perspectives and what is...