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Author:   Karl P Sauvant
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 26.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 18.30cm
Weight:   1.363kg
ISBN:  

9780195341577

ISBN 10:   0195341570
Pages:   726
Publication Date:   02 July 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780199767014
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments List of Contributors Foreword by Jeffrey D. Sachs Preface by David M. Schizer Introduction by Karl P. Sauvant PART ONE Trends and Issues in International Investment (Persa Economou, John H. Dunning, Karl P. Sauvant) Trends in International Investment Agreements. Balancing Investor Rights and the Right to Regulate: The Issue of National Security (Peter Muchlinski) Trends in International Investment Disputes: 2007 in Review (Ian H. Laird and Borzu Sabahi) Foreign Direct Investment in the Oil and Gas Sector (Albert Bressand) PART TWO Driving and Countervailing Forces: A Rebalancing of National FDI Policies (Karl P. Sauvant) The Law of International Investment: Can the Imbalance be Redressed? (Patrick Juillard) A Comparison of the 2004 and 1994 U.S. Model BITs: Rebalancing Investor and Host Country Interests (Kenneth Vandevelde) Proximate Causation in International Investment Disputes (Stanimir A. Alexandrov and Joshua M. Robbins) Obstacles and Pathways to Consideration of the Public Interest in Investment Treaty Disputes (Charles H. Brower, II) The Argentine Crisis and Foreign Investors: A Glimpse into the Heart of the Investment Regime (Jose E. Alvarez and Kathryn Khamsi) Economic Security Defenses in International Investment Law (Andrea K. Bjorklund) Improving the Mechanisms for Treaty Negotiations and Investment Disputes: Competition and Choice as the Path to Quality and Legitimacy (Thomas W. Walde) Appendix: FDI Moot Court Winning Memorials

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<br> With Contributions by leading experts in the field, this title provides timely, authoritative information on foreign direct Investment. <br>--Tatiana Kostova, AIB NewsLetter<br> Karl P. Sauvant explores the network of multifaceted, multilayered international treaties that, in one way or another, involve virtually every country around the world. The publication features timely and engaging contributions from well-regarded international investment experts. <br>--Columbia Law School Magazine<br>

<br> With Contributions by leading experts in the field, this title provides timely, authoritative information on foreign direct Investment. <br>--Tatiana Kostova, AIB NewsLetter<p><br> Karl P. Sauvant explores the network of multifaceted, multilayered international treaties that, in one way or another, involve virtually every country around the world. The publication features timely and engaging contributions from well-regarded international investment experts. <br>--Columbia Law School Magazine<p><br> The inaugural volume of the lInvestment Yearbook...makes the reader eager to examine the following one(s), expecting further high-level analyses of the evolution and the multifaceted aspects of international investment law and policy. <br>--Anna De Luca, PhD in International Law, The Journal of World Investment & Trade<p><br>

With Contributions by leading experts in the field, this title provides timely, authoritative information on foreign direct Investment. --Tatiana Kostova, AIB NewsLetter Karl P. Sauvant explores the network of multifaceted, multilayered international treaties that, in one way or another, involve virtually every country around the world. The publication features timely and engaging contributions from well-regarded international investment experts. --Columbia Law School Magazine The inaugural volume of the Investment Yearbook...makes the reader eager to examine the following one(s), expecting further high-level analyses of the evolution and the multifaceted aspects of international investment law and policy. --Anna De Luca, PhD in International Law, The Journal of World Investment & Trade

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Karl P Sauvant, is Resident Senior Fellow and Founding Executive Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, and Guest Professor at Nankai University, China. Before that, he was Director of UNCTAD's Investment Division. He is the author of The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment (Oxford University Press, 2009 with Lisa Sachs).

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