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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816777803321

Autore

Miles Kate <1971->

Titolo

The origins of international investment law : empire, environment, and the safeguarding of capital / / Kate Miles [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-44032-7

1-107-42502-6

1-107-42290-6

1-107-41848-8

1-107-41721-X

1-107-41977-8

1-107-42102-0

1-139-60027-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 464 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; ; 99

Disciplina

346/.092

Soggetti

Investments, Foreign (International law) - History

Investments, Foreign - Law and legislation

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

Origins of international investment law -- "The dynamic of a politically oriented law " : foreign investment protection in a changing political environment -- Polarisation of positions -- Hints at synergy -- Transformation in international law : applying developments to foreign investment -- Paths towards a reconceptualised international law on foreign investment -- Conclusion : patterns of power in international investment law.

Sommario/riassunto

International investment law is a complex and dynamic field. Yet, the implications of its history are under explored. Kate Miles examines the historical evolution of international investment law, assessing its origins in the commercial and political expansionism of dominant states during the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries and the continued resonance of those origins within modern foreign investment protection law. In particular, the exploration of the activities of the



Dutch East India Company, Grotius' treatises, and pre-World War II international investment disputes provides insight into current controversies surrounding the interplay of public and private interests, the systemic design of investor-state arbitration, the substantive focus of principles, and the treatment of environmental issues within international investment law. In adopting such an approach, this book provides a fresh conceptual framework through which contemporary issues can be examined and creates new understandings of those controversies.