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Diplomats Want Treaties: Diplomatic Agendas and Perks in the Investment Regime [PDF]
Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2016 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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, 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.
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Mizan 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
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Investments in the Energy Sector and Environment Protection (International Legal Aspects)
Московский 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
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Globalization 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
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Bursting Policy Bubbles: The International Investment Treaty Regime [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 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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Putting the MFN Genie Back in the Bottle
AJIL Unbound, 2018 This essay underscores the importance of background understandings in general international law for interpreting brief, open-ended clauses such as most favored nation (MFN) clauses. Contrary to Simon Batifort and J.
Michael Waibel
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Groningen 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
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Control, Capacity, and Legitimacy in Investment Treaty Arbitration
AJIL Unbound, 2018 Arbitration has long been the default mechanism for resolving international investment disputes. The traditional consensus favoring arbitration, however, has now given way, and reform proposals abound.
Jeremy K. Sharpe
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Repurposing pipelines for hydrogen: Legal and policy considerations
Energy Reports, 2022 As the world looks to implement the Energy Transition, repurposing existing fossil fuel infrastructure to produce or distribute “clean” energy will be critical. The most promising is using natural gas pipelines for moving hydrogen.
Suriya Evans-Pritchard Jayanti
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