| The Origins of International Investment Law: Empire, Environment and the Safeguarding of Capital Contributor(s): Miles, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107039398 ISBN-13: 9781107039391 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Arbitration, Negotiation, Mediation - Law | Securities |
| Dewey: 346.092 |
| LCCN: 2013013105 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.95 lbs) 500 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: International investment law is a complex and dynamic field. Yet, the implications of its history are under explored. Kate Miles examines the historical evolution of international investment law, assessing its origins in the commercial and political expansionism of dominant states during the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries and the continued resonance of those origins within modern foreign investment protection law. In particular, the exploration of the activities of the Dutch East India Company, Grotius' treatises, and pre-World War II international investment disputes provides insight into current controversies surrounding the interplay of public and private interests, the systemic design of investor-state arbitration, the substantive focus of principles, and the treatment of environmental issues within international investment law. In adopting such an approach, this book provides a fresh conceptual framework through which contemporary issues can be examined and creates new understandings of those controversies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Miles, Kate: - Kate Miles is a Fellow and College Lecturer in Law at Gonville and Caius, University of Cambridge. She currently serves on the International Law Association's New Study Group on the Role of Soft Law Instruments in International Investment Law. She is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, Montreal, and co-ordinates the International Investment Law Network for the Society of International Economic Law. |
