Tomoko Ishikawa (Japan Nagoya University)

Corporate Environmental Responsibility in Investor-State Dispute Settlement

The Unexhausted Potential of Current Mechanisms

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the inherent potential to reflect the responsibility of foreign investors in the existing investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism, providing guidance on what can be done in the current mechanism to advance responsible investment. It also reveals its limitations that should inform the ongoing ISDS reform discussions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9781316513972
• ISBN-10: 1316513971
• Artikelnr.: 64037905

Autorenporträt

Tomoko Ishikawa is Professor at Nagoya University in Japan. She is a member of the ICSID Panel of Conciliators, appointed by the ICSID Administrative Council. Her professional experiences include serving as an Associate Judge at Tokyo District Court and holding the position of Deputy Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: corporate responsibility and the 'one-sidedness' of investment law
2. Corporate environmental and human rights obligations in international law: outside and inside the IIA regime
3. Counterclaims: benefits, normative grounds and limits
4. Counterclaims: jurisdiction and admissibility
5. Counterclaims: merits
6. Corporate environmental responsibility and the investor's principal claims
7. Conclusion: implications for reform.