ISBN : 9781009245692
Author : David Collins
Publisher : Cambridge
Year : 2023
Language : English
Type : Book
Description : 1. Introduction to foreign direct investment: history, trends and rationales 2. Bilateral, regional and multilateral investment agreements and investment contracts 3. National laws governing foreign investment and definitions and conditions of admission 4. Guarantees against discrimination: national treatment and most favoured nation 5. Fair and equitable treatment, full protection and security, and umbrella clauses 6. Guarantees against expropriation 7. Compensation 8. Dispute settlement 9. Public interest issues: the environment, human rights and culture 10. Non-precluded measures: essential security, economic stability and the defence of necessity 11. Beyond international investment law.