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    Principles of international investment law / Rudolf Dolzer and Christoph Schreuer.

    • Title:Principles of international investment law / Rudolf Dolzer and Christoph Schreuer.
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    • Author/Creator:Dolzer, Rudolf.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Schreuer, Christoph.
    • Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Investments, Foreign--Law and legislation.
    • Description:xliii, 433 p. ; 24 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0199211760 (paper)
      9780199211760 (paper)
      0199211752 (cloth)
      9780199211753 (cloth)
    • Contents:I. Nature, Evolution, and Context of International Investment Law
      1. International Investment Law as a Field of Study
      2. Business Nature of a Foreign Investment: A Long-Term Risk
      3. Host State Sovereignty and the Rules of Foreign Investment
      4. Customary International Law: The Emergence of a Minimum Standard
      5. Treaty Law: Evolution and Purpose
      6. Current Trends in Treaty Practice
      7. Regional Agreements: Energy Charter, NAFTA
      II. Interpretation and Application of Investment Treaties
      1. Interpreting Investment Treaties
      2. Application of Investment Treaties in Time
      III. Investors and Investments
      1. Investors: Individuals, Companies, Nationality, and Shareholders
      2. Investment
      IV. Investment Contracts
      1. Types of Investment Contracts
      2. Applicable Law
      3. Stabilization Clauses
      4. Renegotiation/Adaptation
      V. Admission and Establishment
      1. Move towards Economic Liberalism
      2. Treaty Models of Admission
      3. Performance Requirements
      4. Non-Compliance by Investor with Host State Law and International Public Policy
      VI. Expropriation
      1. Right to Expropriate
      2. Three Branches of the Law
      3. Legality of the Expropriation
      4. Direct and Indirect Expropriation
      5. Expropriation of Contractual Rights
      VII. Standards of Protection
      1. Fair and Equitable Treatment
      2. Full Protection and Security
      3. Umbrella Clause
      4. Access to Justice, Fair Procedure, and Denial of Justice
      5. Emergency, Necessity, Armed Conflicts, and Force Majeure
      6. Preservation of Rights
      7. Arbitrary or Discriminatory Measures
      8. National Treatment
      9. Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment
      10. Transfer of Funds
      VIII. State Responsibility and Attribution
      1. Organs, Provinces, and Municipalities
      2. State Entities
      3. Party Status for Constituent Subdivisions or Agencies under the ICSID Convention
      IX. Political Risk Insurance
      X. Settling Investment Disputes
      1. State v State Disputes
      2. Investor v State Disputes
      1. Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID Convention) (March 1965)
      2. Energy Charter Treaty (Parts I, III, V) (December 1994)
      3. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Chapter XI (December 1992)
      4. Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Government of [...] on the Promotion and Protection of Investments (Chinese Model BIT) (2003)
      5. Accord entre le Gouvernement de la Republique Francaise et le Gouvernement de [...] sur l'Encouragement et la Protection Reciproques des Investissements (French Model BIT) (2006)
      6. Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and [...] Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (German Model BIT) (2005)
      7. Draft Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of [...] for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (UK Model BIT) (2005)
      8. Treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of [...] concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment (US Model BIT) (2004).
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