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Covering substantive and dispute settlement matters, this textbook provides analyses accessible to readers who are discovering international investment law and arbitration anew, while it offers a wealth of in-depth studies for readers who are already familiar with this field of law.
List of contents
1. The History of International Investment Law and Arbitration; 2. The Sources of International Investment Law and Arbitration; 3. Introduction to the Substantive Rules Protecting Foreign Investments and Public Interests; 4. Promotion, Facilitation, Admission and Establishment of Foreign Investments; 5. Standards of Treatment; 6. The Protection Against Illegal Expropriation; 7. Public Interest Limitations on Foreign Investors' Protection; 8. Obligations to Protect and Respect Public Interests; 9. Insurance Against Political Risks; 10. Classification of Investment-related Disputes and Dispute Settlement Mechanisms; 11. Investor-State Arbitration: Historical, Institutional and Procedural Dimensions; 12. Applicable Law and Interpretation; 13. Provisional Measures; 14. Jurisdiction and Admissibility; 15. Investor-State Arbitration and the Law of State Responsibility:Attribution, Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness and Reparation; 16. ICSID Convention Annulment Proceedings.
About the author
Yannick Radi is Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law of UCLouvain and a Guest Professor at Sciences Po Law School in Paris where he lectures on international investment law and arbitration. He is also a consultant on international arbitration matters.
Summary
Covering substantive and dispute settlement matters, this textbook provides analyses accessible to readers who are discovering international investment law and arbitration anew, while it offers a wealth of in-depth studies for readers who are already familiar with this field of law.
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'This book offers an extensive, practice-oriented analysis of the procedural, substantive and institutional aspects pertaining to international investment law, while also exploring its theoretical underpinnings and recent crisis of legitimacy. Professor Dr Radi has written a comprehensive work of reference that will be extremely useful for scholars and practitioners of investment arbitration alike.' Albert Jan van den Berg, Founding Partner, Hanotiau & van den Berg
