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Reforming the investment treaty regime: A ‘backward-looking’ approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
- Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) — which allows foreign investors to sue governments through international arbitration — has become increasingly controversial.
Gertz, G, Poulsen, L
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Characteristics of the FDI legal regime in the EU law [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu, 2014
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
doaj   +1 more source

Balanced Investment Treaties and the BRICS

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2018
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (the BRICS) have emerged as a new hub of power in international relations. They have begun to speak out jointly on a wide range of issues and to explore cooperating collectively.
Congyan Cai
doaj   +1 more source

State succession to investment treaties: mapping the issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Following recent decisions in Sanum v Laos and World Wide Minerals v Kazakhstan, investment lawyers have begun to engage with the legal rules governing State succession to treaties. As State succession is one of the more technical and controversial areas
Tams, Christian J.
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Rethinking Ethiopia’s Bilateral Investment Treaties in light of Recent Developments in International Investment Arbitration

open access: yesMizan Law Review, 2015
International investment law is dynamic. As treaty practice and jurisprudence in the area constantly develop, global standards are always in the making.
MB Hailu, TE Kassahun
doaj   +1 more source

The Investment Treaty Regime

open access: yes, 2022
Abstract The investment treaty regime is one of the most potent, and controversial, corners of international economic governance. Yet, until recently International Political Economy (IPE) literature on the regime was focused mostly on a few narrow questions, such as whether investment treaties impact the flow of foreign direct investment.
openaire   +2 more sources

Investments in the Energy Sector and Environment Protection (International Legal Aspects)

open access: yesМосковский журнал международного права, 2011
The article is devoted to the Energy Charter Treaty. The main objective of the Energy Charter Treaty is to reduce or eliminate risks connected with investments and transboundary flows in the energy sector. The Energy Charter Treaty has a special position
A. V. Kukushkina
doaj   +1 more source

International investment liberalization, transnational corporations and NCD prevention policy non-decisions: a realist review on the political economy of tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food

open access: yesGlobalization and Health, 2021
Background Public health concerns relating to international investment liberalization have centred on the potential for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)-related regulatory chill.
Penelope Milsom   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The New Political Economy of EU State Aid Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Despite its importance and singularity, the EU’s state aid policy has attracted less scholarly attention than other elements of EU competition policy. Introducing the themes addressed by the special issue, this article briefly reviews the development of ...
A McLaughlin   +32 more
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The Role of the Energy Charter Treaty in Fostering and Promoting Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development

open access: yesGroningen Journal of International Law, 2019
The paper aims to critically analyze whether the Energy Charter Treaty (hereafter “ECT”) can be considered a viable instrument to foster and safeguard the concept of sustainable development, whilst simultaneously promoting foreign investment.
Naimeh Masumy
doaj   +1 more source

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