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050		4	_aK3830 _b.I47 2013
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245	0	0	_aImproving international investment agreements _h[electronic resource] / _cedited by Armand De Mestral and Celine Levesque.
260			_aAbingdon, Oxon ; _aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2013.
300			_axviii, 417 p. : _bill.
490	0		_aRoutledge research in international economic law
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [376]-409) and index.
505	0		_apt. I. IIA Treaty-making : evolution and evaluation -- pt. II. Efficiency -- pt. III. Legitimacy -- pt. IV. Sustainability.
520			_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.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aInvestments, Foreign _xLaw and legislation.
650		0	_aInvestments, Foreign _xPolitical aspects.
650		0	_aInvestments, Foreign _xEconomic aspects.
650		0	_aInvestments, Foreign _xGovernment policy.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aDe Mestral, Armand L. C.
700	1		_aLevesque, Celine.
710	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
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