Economic Development, Foreign Investment and the Law: Issues of Private Sector Involvement, Foreign Investment and the Rule of Law in a New Era

Inspired by the desire to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the founding of the Section on Business Law of the International Bar Association, this volume includes new investment laws and international instruments, and legal system reform and private sector development in developing countries.

List of contents

Introduction - The Contemporary Challenges of Economic Development. 1. The Notion of Sovereign Confronts a New Era. 2. The Scope of New Investment Laws and International Instruments. 3. Legal System Reform and Private Sector Development in Developing Countries. 4. Privatization and Private Provision of Infrastructure. 5. Constitutional and Legislative Safeguards for FDI: A Comparative Review Utilizing Australia and China. 6. Taxation Policy. 7. International Environmental Law and Policy. 8. Development Agreements with Host Governments. 9. The Use of Joint Ventures in FDI. 10. Issues in Project Finance. 11. Dispute Resolution.

Product details

• Authors: Pritchard, Robert Pritchard
• Assisted by: Robert Pritchard (Editor)
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9789041108913
• ISBN: 978-90-411-0891-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 572 g
• Series: International Environmental La; International Bar Association
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law