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 …

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was created in 1964
with the objective of promoting the development-friendly integration of developing countries …

Operating in environments in which domestic influences on law are pervasive and vary from
place to place, the Law Merchant that originated in medieval times is often envisaged as …

在国际投资仲裁实践中, 公平与公正待遇标准得到了最广泛的运用, 并显现了极度扩张解释之势;
同时, 一些西方学者也将之与民商法中的诚实信用原则相提并论, 实际上是尊奉该待遇标准为 …

Is a State free to adopt measures to protect the public health of its citizens? If so, what are
the limits, if any, to such regulatory powers? This book addresses these questions by …

Governments are rightly discussing reform of investment treaties, and of the incredibly
powerful system of'investor-state dispute settlement'(ISDS) upon which they rest. At their …

Foreign direct investment forms an ever more important part of globalised market structures,
and international investment law has become one of the most successful and judicialised …

Although investment treaty arbitration has become the most common method for settling
investor-state disputes, some scholars and practitioners have expressed concern regarding …

The current international investment law system is insufficiently compatible with sustainable
development. To better address sustainable development concerns associated with …

This chapter argues that as a matter of doctrine, it is becoming increasingly difficult to
discern any difference between the ways in which non-discrimination and minimum …