LEADER 04359nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910463014303321 005 20170815102322.0 010 $a0-203-10709-8 010 $a1-299-14128-5 010 $a1-136-26071-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000331332 035 $a(EBL)1125276 035 $a(OCoLC)828298542 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000822091 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12308604 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822091 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10755839 035 $a(PQKB)10769157 035 $a(OCoLC)827944835 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1125276 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000331332 100 $a20120118d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aImproving international investment agreements$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Armand De Mestral and Ce?line Le?vesque 210 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge research in international economic law 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-84338-5 311 $a0-415-67197-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [376]-409) and index. 327 $apt. I. IIA Treaty-making : evolution and evaluation -- pt. II. Efficiency -- pt. III. Legitimacy -- pt. IV. Sustainability. 330 $a"In recent years, the world has witnessed the coming of age of international investment law. The numbers are telling with over 2600 bilateral investment treaties, over 462 free trade, customs unions and other economic partnership agreements notified to the WTO, with 276 being in force, an increasing number of which include investment chapters, and over 350 known investor-State treaty-based arbitrations. This phenomenon has not left many untouched as over 175 States have signed international investment agreements (IIAs) and at least 81 governments have faced investment treaty arbitrations. The regime, however, has not been without criticisms. The main criticisms being: that IIAs do not fulfil their great bargain the promotion of investment, while they effectively protect powerful economic interests; that IIAs protect investor's rights over the public interest of the host country; that the dispute settlement system put in place by IIAs lacks legitimacy due to the fundamentally ad hoc nature of investor-State arbitration; and that the complexity and cost of the system are out of control.This book takes stock of developments in international investment law and analyzes potential solutions to some of these criticisms from the perspective of international public policy, in negotiations, substantive obligations and dispute resolution. The book is prepared by a group of scholars and practitioners from Canada and Europe. It takes a multidisciplinary approach to the subject, with analysis from the legal, political and economic perspectives. The first part of the book traces the evolution in IIA treaty-making and provides an evaluation from a political economy and economics perspective. The other three parts are organised around the concepts of efficiency, legitimacy and sustainability. Each contributor analyzes one or more issues of treaty negotiation, substance or dispute resolution, with the ultimate aim of improving IIA treaty-making in these respects."--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge Research in International Economic Law 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$xLaw and legislation 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$xPolitical aspects 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$xEconomic aspects 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$xGovernment policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign$xLaw and legislation. 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign$xGovernment policy. 676 $a332.673 676 $a346.0920261 676 $a346/.0920261 701 $aDe Mestral$b Armand L. C$0568174 701 $aLe?vesque$b Ce?line$01049470 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463014303321 996 $aImproving international investment agreements$92478510 997 $aUNINA