Gus Van Harten

The Trouble with Foreign Investor Protection

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

At their core, ISDS treaties are flawed because they very firmly institute wealth-based inequality under international law. In this book, Van Harten explores these claims in the light of the history of early ISDS treaties.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780198866213
• ISBN-10: 0198866216
• Artikelnr.: 59919393

Autorenporträt

Gus Van Harten is a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, where he has taught for 12 years since completing his PhD and teaching at the London School of Economics. He specializes in international investment law and administrative law and is a leading academic critic of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), having written several books and dozens of academic articles on the subject.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: Fortifying Inequality
2: Origins of ISDS Treaties
3: Activation of the Treaties
4: The Most Powerful Protections
5: Special Access to Public Funds
6: Intimidating Sovereigns
7: Fault Lines and the Future of ISDS
Bibliography
Index