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    The three laws of international investment : national, contractual, and international frameworks for foreign capital / Jeswald W. Salacuse.

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    • Title:The three laws of international investment : national, contractual, and international frameworks for foreign capital / Jeswald W. Salacuse.
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    • Author/Creator:Salacuse, Jeswald W.
    • Published/Created:Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Investments, Foreign--Law and legislation.
    • Edition:First edition.
    • Description:xxvi, 440 pages ; 26 cm
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780199654567 (cloth)
      0199654565 (cloth)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND THE LAW
      1. Nature and Significance of International Investment
      1.1. Meaning of Investment
      1.2. Forms of Investment
      1.3. Nature of International Investors
      1.4. Investors and the Role of Return and Risk
      1.5. Nature of International Investment
      1.6. Forms of International Investment
      1.7. State and Investor Interests Shaping the Laws of International Investment
      1.8. Investment and Trade: What's the Difference?
      2. Relationship between Law and International Investment
      2.1. Introduction
      2.2. Law Enhances or Diminishes the Predictability of Investment Transactions
      2.3. Law Increases or Reduces Associated Transaction Costs
      2.4. Law is an Instrument to Direct, Control, and Encourage International Capital Flows
      2.5. Law Defines and Regulates Investment Rights, Responsibilities, and Relationships
      2.6. Law is a Means to Resolve Investment Disputes
      3. Three Legal Frameworks for International Investment: National, Contractual, and International
      3.1. Investment Frameworks in General
      3.2. National Legal Framework
      3.3. Contractual Framework
      3.4. International Legal Framework
      3.5. Interrelationships of the Three Legal Frameworks
      pt. II NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK
      4. Factors Shaping National Legal Frameworks for International Investment
      4.1. Introduction
      4.2. Four Dominant Attitudes toward International Investment
      4.3. National Economic Systems and Development Models
      5. National Regulation of the Exit and Entry of Capital
      5.1. Introduction
      5.2. Authority of States to Regulate International Capital Movements
      5.3. Regulation of Capital Outflows
      5.4. Regulation of Capital Inflows
      6. National Regulation of Foreign Investment
      6.1. National Foreign Investment Policy and Law
      6.2. Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment
      6.3. Definition of Permitted Investments
      6.4. Incentives and Guarantees Offered to Foreign Investment
      6.5. Controls over Foreign Investment Operations
      6.6. Administration of Direct Foreign Investment Regulations
      6.7. Host Government Investment Approvals
      6.8. Privatization of State Assets as a Means to Encourage Foreign Equity Investment
      6.9. National Regulation of Foreign Portfolio Equity Investment
      6.10. National Regulation of International Debt Investments
      6.11. Debt-to-Equity Conversions
      7. Challenges of Legal Change
      7.1. Nature of Legal Change
      7.2. Forces for Legal Change
      7.3. Investor Strategies for Coping with the Risk of Legal Change
      pt. III CONTRACTUAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK
      8. Nature and Functions of the Contractual Framework for Investments
      8.1. In General
      8.2. Investment Contracts as Legal Instruments
      8.3. Economic and Social Functions of Investment Contracts
      9. Negotiation of International Investment Contracts
      9.1. Role of Negotiation in the Investment Process
      9.2. Nature of the Negotiation Process
      9.3. Barriers to Negotiating an International Investment
      9.4. Barrier of the Negotiating Environment
      9.5. Barrier of Foreign Laws and Governments
      9.6. Barrier of Ideological Differences
      9.7. Barrier of Foreign Organizations and Bureaucracies
      9.8. Barrier of Multiple Currencies
      9.9. Barrier of Political Instability and Sudden Change
      9.10. Barrier of Cultural Differences
      9.11. Negotiating Investment Contracts with Foreign Governments
      9.12. Negotiating Long-Term Investment Contracts
      10. Nature and Content of International Investment Contracts
      10.1. Introduction
      10.2. Wholly Owned Foreign Direct Investments
      10.3. International Joint Ventures
      10.4. International Joint Venture Contracts
      10.5. Content of International Joint Venture Agreements
      10.6. International Investment in Infrastructure
      10.7. Case Study of Infrastructure Investment: The Dabhol Power Company in India
      10.8. International Loan Contracts
      11. Political Risk Insurance
      11.1. Political Risk
      11.2. Political Risk Insurance
      11.3. National Governmental Programs
      11.4. United States Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
      11.5. Multilateral Political Risk Insurance Programs
      11.6. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
      11.7. Private Sources of Political Risk Insurance
      12. Contractual Stability, Instability, and Renegotiation
      12.1. Challenge of Contractual Stability
      12.2. Defining Renegotiation
      12.3. Post-Contract Renegotiations
      12.4. Intra-Contract Renegotiations
      12.5. Extra-Contract Renegotiation
      12.6. Case of Extra-Contract Renegotiation: The Dabhol Power Project in India
      12.7. Conclusion
      pt. IV INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK
      13. Foundations of the International Legal Framework for Investment
      13.1. In General
      13.2. International Conventions
      13.3. International Custom
      13.4. General Principles of Law
      13.5. Customary International Law and General Principles of Law Governing Investment
      13.6. Customary International Law Concerning Expropriation and Breach of State Contracts
      13.7. Challenges to the Capital-Exporting States' Position on International Investment Law
      13.8. Perceived Deficiencies of International Investment Law
      14. Treatification of International Investment Law
      14.1. Introduction
      14.2. Historical Background of the Treatification Process
      14.3. Objectives of the Movement to Negotiate Investment Treaties
      14.4. Primary Objectives of Investment Treaties
      14.5. Secondary Objectives of Investment Treaties
      14.6. Long-Term Goals of Investment Treaties
      14.7. Treaty Negotiation Process
      14.8. Conclusion
      15. Nature and Content of Investment Treaties
      15.1. Introduction
      15.2. Treaty Structure
      15.3. Treaty Title and Statement of Purpose
      15.4. Definitions and Scope of Application of Investment Treaties
      15.5. Investment Promotion, Admission, and Establishment
      15.6. General Standards of Treatment of Foreign Investment
      15.7. Monetary Transfers
      15.8. Expropriation and Dispossession
      15.9. Operational and Other Conditions
      15.10. Losses from Armed Conflict or Internal Disorder
      15.11. Consequences of Treaty Violations
      15.12. Dispute Settlement
      15.13. Treaty Exceptions, Amendments, and Terminations
      15.14. Conclusion
      pt. V CONCLUSION
      16. Interaction of the Three Legal Frameworks
      16.1. In General
      16.2. National Law-Contractual Framework Interaction
      16.3. National Law-International Law Interaction
      16.4. Contractual Framework-International Law Interaction.
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