Book Review: The Political Economy of the Investment Treaty Regime
The review addresses the book The Political Economy of the Investment Treaty Regime, co-authored by Jonathan Bonnitcha, Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen and Michael Waibel.
Lucas Silva Amorim
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Missing Calvo? Latin America’s love-hate relationship with the Investment Treaty Regime
For decades, following the views of the Argentine legal scholar Carlos Calvo, Latin American countries avoided adopting international investment treaties. The Calvo doctrine established that disputes between foreign investors and the state should only be
Lucas Silva Amorim +2 more
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Regulatory space as factor of change of international investment treaty regime
At present time, the quest of balance between public and private interests under investment treaty provisions has become a serious challenge for all of the concerned parties, namely for host states, foreign investors, arbitral tribunals, scholars and ...
B. Kuzhatov
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REGULATORY SPACE AS A FACTOR OF CHANGE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT TREATY REGIME
At present time, the quest of balance between public and private interests under investment treaty provisions has become a serious challenge for all of the concerned parties, namely for host states, foreign investors, arbitral tribunals, scholars and ...
B. Kuzhatov
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Brazil’s New Investment Treaty Model: Why Now?
The investment treaty regime, unlike other economic regimes, lacks common substantive multilateral rules and depends on countries signing bilateral or plurilateral investment treaties.
Lucas S. Amorim, Henrique Z. Menezes
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Bursting Policy Bubbles: The International Investment Treaty Regime [PDF]
The growth in the signing of international investment agreements (IIAs) in the period 1990 to 2009 can be characterised as an international public policy bubble. Like the rise of privatisation at the domestic level, the expansion of this international treaty regime was arguably premised on an over-estimation of the benefits of protection of foreign ...
Daniel Behn +2 more
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Embedded Neoliberalism and the Legitimacy of the Post-Lisbon European Union Investment Policy
Much has been written about the ongoing legitimacy crisis of the global investment treaty regime and the system of investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS).
Bart-Jaap Verbeek
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Addressing the Legitimacy Crisis of Investment Arbitration Through its Harmonization with World Trade Organization Law [PDF]
International investment law is facing a legitimacy crisis, in which to tackle, substantial efforts are being made in structural and procedural areas. The first step to overcoming this crisis is identifying the roots of it.
Seyed Jamal Seifi, Mahdi Veis Karami
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Central European preparation for the European integration [PDF]
In addition to the author's scientific work, the study -based on pragmatic experiences -analyses the factors that characterized Central European countries before the change of regime (1990) and then the foreign economic model through which Poland ...
Becsey Zsolt László K.
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Diplomats Want Treaties: Diplomatic Agendas and Perks in the Investment Regime [PDF]
Literature on the investment treaty regime has shown little interest in diplomatic interests and agendas as drivers of treaty negotiations. This contrasts with other work on international economic relations, such as the negotiation of preferential trade agreements. Our paper fills this gap through a multi-method approach.
Poulsen, Lauge Skovgaard, Aisbett, Emma
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