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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 May 2015
      16 April 2015
      ISBN:
      9781316156339
      9781107096622
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316156339
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.8kg, 474 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Law, International Business, Private Law, Management
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    Since the 1990s, conflicts within international law on foreign investment have arisen as a result of several competing interests. The neoliberal philosophy ensured inflexible investment protection given by a network of investment treaties interpreted in an expansive manner, which led to states creating regulatory space over foreign investment. However, NGOs committed to single causes such as human rights and the environment protested against inflexible investment protection. The rise to prominence of arguments against the fragmentation of international law also affected the development of investment law as an autonomous regime. These factors have resulted in some states renouncing the system of arbitration and other states creating new treaties which undermine inflexible investment protection. The treaty-based system of investment protection has therefore become tenuous, and change has become inevitable. Emphasising the changes resulting from resistance to a system based on neoliberal foundations, this study looks at recent developments in the area.

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    'Resistance and Change in the International Law on Foreign Investment is a timely and well-written book, which critically and comprehensively illustrates the problems of international investment law from both academic and practical perspectives. It makes a great contribution to the literature on international investment law.'

    Ali Moghaddam Abrishami Source: Journal of International Arbitration

    'Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah’s monograph offers a critical overview of the history of international investment law and arbitration, seen through the prism of expansionist arbitral interpretations and changes that have taken place in response to them.'

    Catherine Titi Source: Global Arbitration Review

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