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The autonomy of EU law and international investment arbitration [PDF]
, 2019 This article argues that, in the context of international investment law, the principle of autonomy need not be construed as broadly as the recent judgment in Achmea may appear to suggest.
Koutrakos, P.
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Cogent Social SciencesThe 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
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Trade in the balance: reconciling trade and climate policy: report of the Working Group on Trade, Investment, and Climate Policy [PDF]
, 2016 This repository item contains a report published by the Working Group on Trade, Investment, and Climate Policy at The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, and the Global Economic Governance Initiative ...
Ackerman, Frank +16 more
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Private Counsel and the Proposed Reforms of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) [PDF]
, 2021 This chapter examines the impact that ISDS reforms will have on counsel’s activities. More specifically, it discusses two specific amendments namely the establishment of an Advisory Centre on Investment Law (ACIL) and the elaboration of a code of conduct -using the example of the CETA.
Ziegler, Andreas R., Kabre, Jonathan R.
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Philip Morris lawsuits against Australia and Uruguay in the early 2010s highlighted the need to reform international investment agreement (IIA) practices to ensure that governments do not give up their regulatory autonomy for foreign investment. We undertook a policy analysis to reveal how interests, ideas and institutions shaped reform in
Dori Patay +3 more
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Effects of Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Flows
Policy PerspectivesThis paper assesses how ISDS mechanisms have impacted FDI flows, using quantitative data from more than 100 countries between 2000 and 2020. By applying a differences-in-differences approach combined with a gravity model, it finds that ISDS disputes ...
Frans Lavdari, Xhulio Lavdari
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Development and Change, EarlyView.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
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Investment provisions in trade and investment treaties: the need for reform [PDF]
, 2015 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
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Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.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
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The Right to Regulate in Investor- State Arbitration: Slicing and Dicing Regulatory Carve-Outs [PDF]
, 2016 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
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