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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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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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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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.
Lauge Poulsen, Emma Aisbett
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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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Dealing with Treaty Shopping Across the Tax, Trade, and Investment Regimes
AbstractThe bilateral governance of a specific cross-border policy issue creates incentives for economic actors from less favoured countries to take advantage of rules that apply to actors from more favoured countries. This is the case across the international tax, trade, and investment regimes: In tax and investment regimes, multinational enterprises ...
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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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Characteristics of the FDI legal regime in the EU law [PDF]
Once the Lisbon Treaty entered into force on 1 January 2009, the regulatory competences over Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) were transferred from the Member States to the European Union.
Ćirić Aleksandar Lj. +1 more
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