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Informationen zum Autor Karl P. Sauvant is the Resident Senior Fellow and Founding Executive Director of the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment and a Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School. Klappentext The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2011-2012 monitors current developments in international investment law and policy! focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI). This edition also discusses regulatory and policy developments regarding FDIs in extractive industries. Zusammenfassung Today, international investment law consists of a network of multifaceted, multilayered international treaties that, in one way or another, involve virtually every country of the world. The evolution of this network raises a host of issues regarding international investment law and policy, especially in the area of international investment disputes. This Yearbook monitors current developments in international investment law and policy, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI). It then discusses regulatory and policy developments regarding FDIs in extractive industries, with an additional focus on the extent of protection afforded by international investment treaties. With contributions by leading experts in the field, this title provides timely, authoritative information on FDI that can be used by a wide audience, including practitioners, academics, researchers, and policy makers.The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2011-2012 monitors current developments in international investment law and policy, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment. It also discusses regulatory and policy developments regarding FDIs in extractive industries, with an additional focus on the extent of protection afforded by international investment treaties. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Brigitte Stern; Preface by the Editorial Committee; PART ONE; 1. FDI trends in 2010-2011 and the challenge of investment policies for outward foreign direct investment; Persephone Economou and Karl P. Sauvant; 2. International investment law and arbitration: 2011 in review; Ian A. Laird! Borzu Sabahi! Frederic G. Sourgens! and Nicholas J. Birch; 3. Trends in international investment agreements! 2010/2011: The increasing complexity of international investment law; Stephan W. Schill and Marc Jacob; PART TWO; SYMPOSIUM ON REGULATORY AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING FDI IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES; Introduction to symposium on regulatory and policy developments regarding FDI in extractive industries; Erlend Bakken and Andrea K. Bjorklund; 4. The International Bar Association Model Mine Development Agreement project: A step toward better practice and better development results; Luke J. Danielson and Mark D. Phillips; 5. Legal mechanisms for increased transparency in the extractive industries; Tonje P. Gormley; 6. Reconfiguring investment contracts to promote sustainable development; Lorenzo Cotula and Kyla Tienhaara; 7. Reflections on sovereignty over natural resources and the enforcement of stabilization clauses; Peter D. Cameron; 8. Impacts of fiscal reforms on country attractiveness: Learning from the facts; Lisa E. Sachs! Perrine Toledano! Jacky Mandelbaum! with James Otto; 9. Arbitration in long-term international petroleum contracts: The internationalization of the applicable law; Ivar Alvik; GENERAL ARTICLES; 10. The Argentine annulments: The uneasy application of ICSID article 52 in parallel claims; Leah D. Harhay; 11. How may tribunals apply the customary necessity rule the Argentine cases? An analysis of ICSID decisions with respect to the interaction between article XI of the U.S.-Argentina BIT and the customary rule of necessity; Javier El-Hage; 12. Leviathan on life-support? Restructuring sovereign debt and international investment protection after Abaclat; Michael D. Nolan! Fr...
