Bilateral investment treaties: history, policy, and interpretation

INDICE: 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 The Core Principles of the BITs; 1.2 The Content of the BITs; 1.3 The Plan of this Book; 1.4 Citations to BITs, Awards and Literature; 1.5 Apologies, Alibis and Acknowledgements; 2 HISTORY; 2.1 The Colonial Era: 1500-1944; 2.1.1 The Emergence of a Global Economy: 1820-1914; 2.1.2 The Global Economy Collapses: 1914-1944; 2.2 The Cold War Era: 1944-1989; 2.3 The Global Era: 1990 - Present; 3 POLICY; 3.1 Economic Liberalism; 3.1.1 Microeconomic Theory; 3.1.2 Macroeconomic Theory; 3.2 The Critique of Economic Liberalism; 3.3 Development Economics; 3.4 The Empirical Evidence; 3.4.1 Foreign Investment and Growth; 3.4.2 Foreign Investment and Inequality; 3.4.3 Environmental and Labor Concerns; 3.5 The Role of BITs; 3.5.1 Promoting a Liberal Investment Regime; 3.5.2 Promoting the Rule of Law; 3.6 The Effect of BITs; 4 SCOPE; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Definition of Investment; 4.2.1 Structure and Policy; 4.2.2 Origins; 4.2.3 Arbitral Practice; 4.3 The Definition of Investor; 4.3.1 Structure and Policy; 4.3.2 Origins; 4.3.3 Arbitral Practice; 4.4 The Temporal Application of a BIT; 4.5 Exceptions; 4.5.1 The Essential Security Interests Exception; 4.5.2 The Taxation Exception; 5 REASONABLENESS; 5.1 Introduction;5.2 Fair and Equitable Treatment; 5.2.1 Structure and Policy; 5.2.2 Origins; 5.2.3 Arbitral Practice; 5.3 Unreasonable or Discriminatory Measures; 5.3.1 Structure and Policy; 5.3.2 Origins; 5.3.3 Arbitral Practice; 5.4 The International Minimum Standard; 6 SECURITY; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Fair and Equitable Treatment; 6.3 Full Protection and Security; 6.3.1 Structure and Policy; 6.3.2 Origins; 6.3.3 Arbitral Practice; 6.4 Observance of Obligations; 6.4.1 Structureand Policy; 6.4.2 Origins; 6.4.3 Arbitral Practice; 6.5 Expropriation; 6.5.1 Structure and Policy; 6.5.2 Origins; 6.5.3 Arbitral Practice; 6.6 War and Civil Disturbance; 6.6.1 Structure and Policy; 6.6.2 Origins; 6.6.3 Arbitral Practice; 6.7 Currency Transfers; 6.7.1 Structure and Policy; 6.7.2 Origins; 6.7.3 Arbitral Practice; 6.8 Preservation of Rights; 7 NONDISCRIMINATION; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Most Favored Nation and National Treatment; 7.2.1 Structure and Policy; 7.2.2 MFN Treatment: Origins; 7.2.3 MFN Treatment: Arbitral Practice; 7.2.4 National Treatment: Origins; 7.2.5 National Treatment: Arbitral Practice; 7.3 War and Civil Disturbance; 7.4 Unreasonable or Discriminatory Measures; 7.5 Fair and Equitable Treatment; 7.6 The International Minimum Standard; 8 TRANSPARENCY; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Publication; 8.3 Information Exchange; 8.4 Participation in Decision Making; 8.5 Fair and Equitable Treatment; 9 ACCESS; 9.1Introduction; 9.2 The Economics of an Open Capital Account; 9.3 Establishment; 9.3.1 Structure and Policy; 9.3.2 Origins; 9.3.3 Arbitral Practice; 9.4 Currency Transfers; 9.5 Performance Requirements; 9.6 Entry and Sojourn; 9.7 Employment; 10 DUE PROCESS; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Investor-State Dispute Resolution; 10.2.1 Structure and Policy; 10.2

• ISBN: 978-0-19-537136-9
• Editorial: Oxford University
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• Fecha Publicación: 22/04/2010
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