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Author:   Todd Weiler ,  Freya Baetens
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Weight:   1.132kg
ISBN:  

9789004191433

ISBN 10:   9004191437
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   11 August 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part One: Where Public Meets Private Introduction, Emmanuel Gaillard Human Rights & Investment Tribunals Jurisprudence Along the Private/Public Divide, Moshe Hirsch Public or Private Dispute Settlement? The Culture Clash in Investment Treaty Arbitration and its Impact on the Role of the Arbitrator, Stephan Schill The Transnational Law of Contracts: What It Can and What It Cannot Achieve, Giuditta Cordero Moss Codification of the New Lex Mercatoria through the Internet: The TransLex Principles at www.trans-lex.org, Klaus Peter Berger Thinking About BITs and BIT Arbitration: The Legitimacy Crisis That Never Was, Devashish Krishan Part Two: Field-Specific Applications Introduction, Detlev F. Vagts Arbitration to Settle Private War-Damage Claims? The Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission Revisited, Hans Van Houtte Foreign direct investment for development: the United Nations Code of Conduct and the search for balance in international investment rules, Karl Sauvant Negotiated Settlement of Public Infrastructure Disputes, Mark Kantor International Corporate Social Responsibility and International Law , Peter Muchlinski The Legal Landscape of International Energy Investment After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, Robert Pritchard Investor-State Mediation: Reflections on its Feasibility from a Process Perspective, Ximena Bustamante Part Three: International Economic Law In A Wider Context Introduction, Daniel Vock International Investment Law Regime and the Rule of Law as a Precondition for International Development, Nicholas J. Birch, Ian Laird, Borzu Sabahi An Historical Analysis of the Function of the Minimum Standard of Treatment in International Investment Law, Todd Weiler States, Sanctions and Soft Law: An Analysis of Differing Approaches to Business and Human Rights Frameworks, Stephane Brabant, Anna Kirk, Jonathan Proust Positivism, New Haven Jurisprudence, and the Fragmentation of International Law, Tai-Heng Cheng Beyond Fragmentation, Andrea Bjorklund, Sophie Nappert Part Four Appendices: Transcripts Memorial Symposium for Professor Thomas Walde Appendix A: Part 1 Roundtable on Cross-Cutting Issues on Energy & Natural Resources and Development Co-Moderated by Arif Ali and Timothy McCrum Contributors: William Fox, Elizabeth Bastida, Ibibia Worika, Christian Pielow, Andrey Konoplyanik, Borzu Sabahi, Graham Coop Appendix A: Part 2 Roundtable on Cross-Cutting Issues on Energy & Natural Resources and Development, Continued Co-Moderated by Arif Ali and Timothy McCrum Contributors: William Fox, Elizabeth Bastida, Ibibia Worika, Christian Pielow, Andrey Konoplyanik, Borzu Sabahi, Graham Coop Appendix B: Special Presentation on Foreign Investment and the Work of The UN's Special Representative on Business & Human Rights Moderated by Stephane Brabant Contributors: Peter Muchlinski, Lorenzo Cotula , Andrea Shemberg Appendix C: Roundtable: What Does the Future Hold for International Arbitration? Moderated by Tim Nelson Contributors: Hew Dundas, Bart Legum, Mark Feldman, Sophie Nappert Appendix D: Reflections Upon the Idea of International Judicial Review Moderated by Robert Voltera Contributors: Stephan Schill, Ian Laird, Todd Weiler, Klaus Reichert Appendix E: Roundtable on the Question of Convergence in International Law Moderated by Kaj Hober Appendix F: Closing Remarks Philip Andrews-Speed

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Dr. Todd Weiler is an independent counsel and arbitrator. Credited for his creative and engaging style, he is widely recognised as an authority on international investment law and arbitration. Dr. Freya Baetens is assistant professor of public international law at Leiden University, executive council member of the Society of International Economic Law, fellow of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, and consultant in investment arbitration.

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