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Principles of international investment law / Rudolf Dolzer, Ursula Kriebaum and Christoph Schreuer.

By: Dolzer, Rudolf [author.].
Series: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2022Edition: Third edition.Description: 484 p.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0191948683; 9780192857804.Subject(s): Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation | Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislationGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Cover -- Principles of International Investment Law -- Copyright -- Summary of Contents -- Contents -- Foreword to the Third Edition -- Table of Cases -- List of Abbreviations -- I. History, Sources, and Nature of International Investment Law -- 1. The history of international investment law -- (a) Early developments -- (b) The emergence of an international minimum standard -- (c) Developments after the Second World War -- (d) The evolution of investment protection treaties -- (e) The quest for a multilateral framework -- (f) Recent developments.
2. The sources of international investment law -- (a) The ICSID Convention -- (b) Bilateral investment treaties -- (c) Sectoral and regional treaties -- (d) Customary international law -- (e) General principles of law -- (f) Unilateral statements -- (g) Case law -- 3. The nature of international investment law -- (a) Investment law and trade law -- (b) Balancing duties and benefits -- (c) The investor's perspective: a long-​term risk -- (d) The host State's perspective: attracting foreign investment -- (e) International investment law and sovereign regulation.
(F) International investment law and good governance -- (g) Obligations for investors -- II. Interpretation and Intertemporal Application of Investment Treaties -- 1. The interpretation of investment treaties -- (a) The general rule of treaty interpretation -- (b) Travaux pr�eparatoires -- (c) The relevance of other treaties -- (d) Interpretative statements -- (e) The authority of 'precedents' -- (f) Towards a greater uniformity of interpretation -- 2. Application of investment treaties in time -- (a) The date relevant to determine jurisdiction.
(B) The timing of investments, events, and disputes -- (c) Applicable law and jurisdiction -- (d) Relevant dates under the ICSID Convention -- III. Investor -- 1. Private foreign investors -- 2. Nationality of individuals -- 3. Nationality of corporations -- 4. A local company as a foreign investor -- 5. Nationality planning -- 6. Denial of benefits -- 7. An active investor? -- IV. Investment -- 1. Terminology and concept -- 2. Definitions of investment -- (a) Investment contracts -- (b) Definitions in national laws -- (c) De nitions in treaties -- 3. A general concept of investment?
(A) 'Investment' in Article 25 of the ICSID Convention -- (b) The Salini test -- 4. Types of investments -- (a) Tangible assets -- (b) Contract rights -- (c) Shareholding -- (d) Financial instruments -- (e) Intellectual property rights -- (f) Arbitral awards -- 5. The unity of an investment -- 6. The origin of the investment -- 7. Investments in the host State's territory -- (a) Financial instruments -- (b) Pre-​shipment inspections -- (c) Transboundary harm -- 8. Investment in accordance with host State law -- (a) Illegality in contract-​based disputes.
Summary: Introducing the fundamentals of international investment law and dispute settlement for students or practitioners new to the field, this work combines a systematic analytical study of the texts and principles underlying investment law with a jurisprudential analysis of the case law arising in international tribunals.
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This edition also issued in print: 2022.

Previous edition: 2012.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Principles of International Investment Law -- Copyright -- Summary of Contents -- Contents -- Foreword to the Third Edition -- Table of Cases -- List of Abbreviations -- I. History, Sources, and Nature of International Investment Law -- 1. The history of international investment law -- (a) Early developments -- (b) The emergence of an international minimum standard -- (c) Developments after the Second World War -- (d) The evolution of investment protection treaties -- (e) The quest for a multilateral framework -- (f) Recent developments.

2. The sources of international investment law -- (a) The ICSID Convention -- (b) Bilateral investment treaties -- (c) Sectoral and regional treaties -- (d) Customary international law -- (e) General principles of law -- (f) Unilateral statements -- (g) Case law -- 3. The nature of international investment law -- (a) Investment law and trade law -- (b) Balancing duties and benefits -- (c) The investor's perspective: a long-​term risk -- (d) The host State's perspective: attracting foreign investment -- (e) International investment law and sovereign regulation.

(F) International investment law and good governance -- (g) Obligations for investors -- II. Interpretation and Intertemporal Application of Investment Treaties -- 1. The interpretation of investment treaties -- (a) The general rule of treaty interpretation -- (b) Travaux pr�eparatoires -- (c) The relevance of other treaties -- (d) Interpretative statements -- (e) The authority of 'precedents' -- (f) Towards a greater uniformity of interpretation -- 2. Application of investment treaties in time -- (a) The date relevant to determine jurisdiction.

(B) The timing of investments, events, and disputes -- (c) Applicable law and jurisdiction -- (d) Relevant dates under the ICSID Convention -- III. Investor -- 1. Private foreign investors -- 2. Nationality of individuals -- 3. Nationality of corporations -- 4. A local company as a foreign investor -- 5. Nationality planning -- 6. Denial of benefits -- 7. An active investor? -- IV. Investment -- 1. Terminology and concept -- 2. Definitions of investment -- (a) Investment contracts -- (b) Definitions in national laws -- (c) De nitions in treaties -- 3. A general concept of investment?

(A) 'Investment' in Article 25 of the ICSID Convention -- (b) The Salini test -- 4. Types of investments -- (a) Tangible assets -- (b) Contract rights -- (c) Shareholding -- (d) Financial instruments -- (e) Intellectual property rights -- (f) Arbitral awards -- 5. The unity of an investment -- 6. The origin of the investment -- 7. Investments in the host State's territory -- (a) Financial instruments -- (b) Pre-​shipment inspections -- (c) Transboundary harm -- 8. Investment in accordance with host State law -- (a) Illegality in contract-​based disputes.

Introducing the fundamentals of international investment law and dispute settlement for students or practitioners new to the field, this work combines a systematic analytical study of the texts and principles underlying investment law with a jurisprudential analysis of the case law arising in international tribunals.

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