• The investment treaty regime in context
• Foreign investment : economic and legal foundations
• Investment treaty arbitration
• Standards of investment protection
• The microeconomics of investment treaties
• Investment treaties, foreign investment, and development
• Politics of investment treaties in developed countries
• Politics of investment treaties in developing countries
• Legitimacy and governance challenges.

Investment treaties are some of the most controversial but least understood instruments of global economic governance. Public interest in international investment arbitration is growing and some developed and developing countries are beginning to revisit their investment treaty policies. The Political Economy of the Investment Treaty Regime synthesises and advances the growing literature on this subject by integrating legal, economic, and political perspectives. Based on an analysis of the substantive and procedural rights conferred by investment treaties, it asks four basic questions. What are the costs and benefits of investment treaties for investors, states, and other stakeholders? Why did developed and developing countries sign the treaties? Why should private arbitrators be allowed to review public regulations passed by states? And what is the relationship between the investment treaty regime and the broader regime complex that governs international investment? Through a concise, but comprehensive, analysis, this book fills in some of the many "blind spots" of academics from different disciplines, and is the first port of call for lawyers, investors, policy-makers, and stakeholders trying to make sense of these critical instruments governing investor-state relations.
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• The nature and significance of international investment
• The relationship between law and international investment
• Three legal frameworks for international investment : national, contractual, and international
• Factors shaping national legal networks for international investment
• National regulation of the exit and entry of capital
• National regulation of foreign investment
• The challenge of legal change
• The nature and functions of the contractual framework for investments
• The negotiation of international investment contracts
• The nature and content of international investment contracts
• Political risk insurance
• Contractual stability, instability, and renegotiation
• The foundations of the international legal framework for investment
• The treatification of international investment law
• The nature and content of investment treaties
• The interaction of the three legal frameworks.

International investments are governed by three different legal frameworks: 1) national laws of both the host country and the investor's home country; 2) contracts, whether between the investor and the host country or among investors and their associates; and 3) international law, consisting of applicable treaties, customs, and general principles of law. Together, these three frameworks profoundly influence the organization, operation, and protection of foreign investments. Investors, government officials, and their legal counsel must therefore understand the complex interaction among these frameworks and how best to employ them to advance their interests. This book examines the content of each of these three legal frameworks for international investment and explores how they influence the foreign investment process and the nature of investment transactions, projects, and enterprises. The book is divided into five parts. Part I, after explaining the contemporary nature and significance of international investment, examines the theoretical and practical links between law and the investment process. Part II explores the nature of national laws regulating foreign investment. Part III considers of the various contractual frameworks for international investments, looking at their negotiation, content, and stability. Part IV sets out the international legal framework governing foreign investment, focusing on the content and nature of investment treaties and on general principles. Finally, Part V discusses how the three legal frameworks interact with each other. By comprehensively examining each of the applicable legal frameworks, this book provides a vital overview of the laws, rules, and regulations governing foreign investment for lawyers, scholars, students, and government officials. Three different legal frameworks are applicable to foreign investment: the laws of the host state and the investor's home country, the contract between the host state and the investor, and the rules and principles of international investment law. These three bodies of law interact with each other and must be analysed together when interpreting an investment agreement or arbitrating a dispute. This book examines the content of each of these three legal frameworks and explores how they influence the flow of foreign investment. The book is divided into five parts. Part I, after explaining the contemporary nature and significance of international investment, examines the theoretical and practical links between law and the investment process. Part II explores the nature of national laws regulating foreign investment. Part III explores the nature of the contractual framework for international investments, looking at their negotiation, content, and stability. Part IV sets out the international legal framework governing foreign investment, focusing on the content and nature of bilateral investment treaties and on general principles. Finally, Part V considers how the three legal frameworks interact with each other. By comprehensively examining each of the applicable legal frameworks, this book provides a vital overview of the laws, rules, and regulations governing foreign investment for lawyers, scholars, students, and government officials working in the field.
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• UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. The Challenges of Global Governance. The Theoretical Foundations of Global Governance. EVOLVING PIECES OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. Foundations of the Pieces of Global Governance. The United Nations: Centerpiece of Global Governance. Regional Organizations. Nonstate Actors: NGOs, Networks, and Social Movements. The Roles of States in Global Governance. THE NEED FOR GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. The Search for Peace and Security. Promoting Human Development and Economic Well-Being. Protecting Human Rights. Protecting the Environment. THE DILEMMAS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. Dilemmas of Global Governance in the Twenty-First Century.
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The authors cover topics such as: understanding global governance, the challenges of governance, the theoretical foundations of global governance and the need for global governance.
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