C. L. Lim, Jean Ho, Martins Paparinskis

International Investment Law and Arbitration

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 686
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1345g
• ISBN-13: 9781108842990
• ISBN-10: 1108842992
• Artikelnr.: 60403010

Autorenporträt

C. L. Lim is the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a visiting professor at King's College London and Honorary Senior Fellow of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He practises as a barrister with Keating Chambers, London. Lim worked previously as international law counsel for a government as well as at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva, and he served three terms on a committee advising Hong Kong's Commerce Secretary. He is currently participating in the UNCITRAL WGIII deliberations in which he represents an observer entity.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of treaties, national legislation, cases and awards
List of abbreviations
1. The origins of investment protection and international investment law
2. Investment contracts and internationalisation
3. The metamorphosis of investment treaties
4. Investment dispute settlement
5. Jurisdiction, admissibility and parallel proceedings
6. Applicable laws
7. Arbitrators
8. Evidence
9. Provisional measures
10. Protected Investments
11. Protected investors
12. Fair and equitable treatment, and full protection and security
13. Contingent standards: national treatment and most-favoured nation treatment
14. Expropriation
15. Umbrella clauses
16. Defences
17. Remedies
18. Costs and legal fees
19. Challenging and enforcing awards, and the question of foreign state immunities
20. New directions in international investment law and arbitration
Index.

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Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of treaties, national legislation, cases and awards; List of abbreviations; 1. The origins of investment protection and international investment law; 2. Investment contracts and internationalisation; 3. The metamorphosis of investment treaties; 4. Investment dispute settlement; 5. Jurisdiction, admissibility and parallel proceedings; 6. Applicable laws; 7. Arbitrators; 8. Evidence; 9. Provisional measures; 10. Protected Investments; 11. Protected investors; 12. Fair and equitable treatment, and full protection and security ; 13. Contingent standards: national treatment and most-favoured nation treatment; 14. Expropriation; 15. Umbrella clauses; 16. Defences; 17. Remedies; 18. Costs and legal fees; 19. Challenging and enforcing awards, and the question of foreign state immunities; 20. New directions in international investment law and arbitration; Index.

Rezensionen

'This volume deftly introduces scholars and students to a sweeping range of issues in international investment law and arbitration, from the historical origins of investment protection to contemporary reform proposals in investor-State dispute settlement. Beautifully written, it covers each issue in meticulous detail, while enhancing understanding and practical lessons through the use of further materials from cases, treaties and literature.' Tania Voon, University of Melbourne