International Investment Law in Context

August Reinisch, Christina Knahr

• Publisher: Eleven International Publishing
• Year: 2007
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9789077596517
• Subtopic: International Business
• Index: Business

In the last decade, international investment law has developed into one of the core areas of international law. The reason for this development is twofold. The number of cases has increased rapidly. The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes has over a hundred pending cases and there are more before ad hoc tribunals, mostly operating under the United Nations' Commission on International Trade Law Rules. In addition, investment law has addressed a number of novel issues while also coming up with some innovative solutions. This book brings together the papers delivered at the Young Scholars Conference in International Economic Law, which was held at the University of Vienna Law School in June 2007. Under the general topic of "Current Issues and Developments in International Investment Law, " the speakers addressed core issues like the definition of investment, legitimate expectations of investors, and the meaning and importance of references to domestic law included in many Bilateral Investment Treaties. Also discussed were topics like the role of investment law in the context of the European Union and its relation to cultural matters, human rights, and other non-investment issues. As international investment law is becoming more and more significant, a book such as this, dedicated to the latest developments in the field, will be of utmost importance to anyone interested in this area of law.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• Introduction, Christoph Schreuer
• Tracing a Success Story or “The Baby Boom of BITs”, Alexandra N. Diehl
• Investments “in Accordance with Host State Law”, Christina Knahr
• The EC Treaty’s Freedom of Capital Movement as an Instrument of International Investment Law?, Steffen Hindelang
• The European Community’s Minimum Platform on Investment or the Trojan Horse of Investment Competence, Niklas Maydell
• Piercing the Corporate Veil in International Investment Agreements, Markus Perkams
• Export Credit and Investment Insurance Agencies – Extraterritorial Obligations of Home-States of Investors, Rekha Oleschak
• Cultural Matters in Investment Agreements and Decisions, Annette Froehlich
• Investment Protection Law and the Humanization of International Law: Selected Lessons from, and Experiences wit h, the Position of the Individual in Investment Protection Law, Matthias C. Kettemann
• The Investor’s Expectations in International Investment Arbitration, André von Walter
• “Investment and …” – The Broader Picture of Investment Law, August Reinisch