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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811743403321

Autore

Vinuales Jorge

Titolo

Foreign investment and the environment in international law / / Jorge Vinuales

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-139-88820-X

1-139-57935-5

1-139-57253-9

1-139-57334-9

1-139-56897-3

1-139-57078-1

0-511-90256-5

1-283-63858-4

1-139-56987-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xlviii, 423 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; ; 94

Classificazione

LAW051000

Disciplina

346/.092

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign - Law and legislation

Environmental law, International

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Changing winds : three signs -- Conceptualising interactions -- Synergies : harnessing foreign investment to promote environmental protection -- Conflicts I : soft-control mechanisms -- Conflicts II : adjudication mechanisms -- Normative priority in international law -- Foreign investment and the international regulation of freshwater -- Foreign investment and the protection of biological and cultural diversity -- Foreign investment and the international regulation of dangerous substances and activities -- Foreign investment and the climate change regime -- Normative priority between different legal systems -- Environmental measures and expropriation clauses -- Environmental measures and non-discrimination standards -- Environmental measures, stability and due process -- Defence arguments based on environmental considerations.



Sommario/riassunto

Conflicts between foreign investment law and environmental law are becoming increasingly frequent. On the one hand, the rise of environmental regulation poses significant challenges to foreign investors in several industries. On the other, the surge in investment arbitration proceedings is making States aware of the important litigation risks that may result from the adoption of environmental regulation. This study of the relationship between these two areas of law adopts both a policy and a practical perspective. It identifies the major challenges facing States, foreign investors and their legal advisers as a result of the potential friction between investment law and environmental law and provides a detailed analysis of all the major legal issues on the basis of a comprehensive study of the jurisprudence from investment tribunals, human rights courts and bodies, the ICJ, the WTO, the ITLOS, the CJEU and other adjudication mechanisms.