Foreign investment and the environment in international law /

"Conflicts between foreign investment law and environmental law are becoming increasingly frequent. On the one hand, the rise of environmental regulation poses significant challenges to foreign investors in several industries. On the other, the surge in investment arbitration proceedings is mak...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Viñuales, Jorge (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012, ♭2012.
Series:Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 94.
Subjects:
Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation.
Environmental law, International.
LAW > International.
LAW > Securities.
Investissements étrangers.
Droit commercial international.
Droit de l'environnement.
Conflit des lois.
Juridictions internationales.
Environmental law, International
Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation
Auslandsinvestition
Internationaler Umweltschutz
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Changing winds : three signs
  • Conceptualising interactions
  • Synergies : harnessing foreign investment to promote environmental protection
  • Conflicts I : soft-control mechanisms
  • Conflicts II : adjudication mechanisms
  • Normative priority in international law
  • Foreign investment and the international regulation of freshwater
  • Foreign investment and the protection of biological and cultural diversity
  • Foreign investment and the international regulation of dangerous substances and activities
  • Foreign investment and the climate change regime
  • Normative priority between different legal systems
  • Environmental measures and expropriation clauses
  • Environmental measures and non-discrimination standards
  • Environmental measures, stability and due process
  • Defence arguments based on environmental considerations.

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