Contributory Fault and Investor Misconduct in Investment Arbitration

List of contents

1. A schematic of international investment law; 2. A definition of defence; 3. A theory of causation for international investment law; 4. Mismanagement; 5. Investment reprisal and post-establishment illegality; 6. A restatement of contributory fault and investor misconduct in international investment law.

About the author

Martin Jarrett is Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. He holds a B.A. and LL.B. (with first class honours) from the University of Newcastle, Australia. After qualifying and practising as a lawyer, he entered academia and was awarded his doctorate (summa cum laude) at the University of Mannheim.

Summary

No area of law is growing as fast and courting as much controversy as international investment law. Much of this controversy stems from its design, as obligations are placed on host states, but not investors. This book reveals how host states can hold investors accountable for their negligence and misconduct.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Jarrett
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108722346
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72234-6
• No. of pages: 205
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, Public International Law, International economic & trade law, Public international law: economic and trade