State liability in investment treaty arbitration : global constitutional and administrative law in the BIT generation /

Today there are more than 2,500 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) around the world. Most of these investment protection treaties offer foreign investors a direct cause of action to claim damages against host-states before international arbitral tribunals. This procedure, together with the require...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Montt, Santiago
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., ©2009.
Series:Studies in international law (Oxford, England) ; v. 26.
Subjects:
Investments, Foreign (International law)
Commercial treaties.
International commercial arbitration.
Government liability.
Investissements étrangers (Droit international)
Accords commerciaux.
État > Responsabilité.
LAW > Securities.
Commercial treaties
Government liability
International commercial arbitration
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The latin american position on state responsibility, looking into the past for lessons on the future
  • The BIT generation's emergence as a collective action problem. Prisoner's dilemma or network effects?
  • Trading off sovereignty for credibility : questions of legitimacy in the BIT generation
  • Property rights v the public interests : a comparative approach to a global puzzle
  • Investments, indirect expropriations and the regulatory state
  • Controlling arbitrariness through the fair and equitable standard
  • Conclusions : future of the BIT generation : for a global legal order committed to the rule of law and human welfare.

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