Results 31 to 40 of about 4,236 (226)
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
doaj +1 more source
The Right to Regulate in Investor- State Arbitration: Slicing and Dicing Regulatory Carve-Outs [PDF]
This Article examines the “right to regulate” as the power of a sovereign state to adopt and maintain government measures for public welfare objectives. It explores how claims by foreign investors in investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) may interfere
Korzun, Vera
core +3 more sources
ABSTRACT Over the past two decades, agricultural restructuring in Vietnam — driven by land consolidation, crop diversification and modernization — has shifted farming from labour‐intensive to capital‐intensive production. This article argues that agrarian change in Vietnam has not simply resulted in the marginalization of women, a finding that ...
Nga Dao, Quang Phung
wiley +1 more source
Abstract Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) are novel financing mechanisms that encourage coal‐dependent emerging economies to transition away from fossil fuels. JETPs aim to facilitate coal phaseout and transitions to renewable energy through private and public financing.
Francine Hug
wiley +1 more source
The UK should include ISDS in its post-Brexit international investment agreements [PDF]
This article argues that the United Kingdom should include Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the new International Investment Agreements (IIAs) which it concludes following its departure from the European Union.
Collins, D. A.
core
The international Trojan Horse – investor to state dispute settlements and the spill over effects for the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) [PDF]
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, on 22 February 2017, available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600869.2017.1275275.
Naim, Nadia
core +2 more sources
Radical Reform of the International Investment Treaty Regime: A Role for Climate Clubs?
ABSTRACT There is growing concern that provisions in international investment treaties are being used to delay the critically needed transition away from fossil fuels. Although various procedural and substantive reforms have been pursued in recent years, these reforms have thus far failed to tackle the fundamental problems with investment treaties and ...
Kyla Tienhaara +2 more
wiley +1 more source
The return of the Calvo Doctrine, which emphasizes the sovereignty of host states and the primacy of local legal remedies in resolving disputes involving foreign investors, has significant implications for the reform of the Investor-State Dispute ...
Jiaqi Song
doaj +1 more source
Investment provisions in trade and investment treaties: the need for reform [PDF]
This repository item contains a policy brief from the Boston University Global Economic Governance Initiative. The Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) is a research program of the Center for Finance, Law & Policy, the Frederick S.
Gallagher, Kevin P. +2 more
core +1 more source
Biodiversity Impacts of Investment and Free Trade Agreements [PDF]
The following Article identifies the myriad ways in which international investment and free trade agreements interact with biodiversity. It categorizes these interactions into three main groups and provides a literature review of the various real-world ...
Rarrick, Lee C.
core +2 more sources

