The Right to Regulate in International Investment Law (Studies in International Investment Law/Studien Zum Internationalen Investitionsrecht, 10) - Hardcover

Titi, Catharine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849466114 ISBN 13: 9781849466110

Publisher: Nomos/Hart, 2014

Synopsis

Since the inception of the international investment law system, investment promotion and protection have been the raison d'être of investment treaties and states have confined their policy space in order to attract foreign investment and protect their investors abroad. Languishing in relative obscurity until recently, the right to regulate has gradually come to the spotlight as a key component of negotiations on new generation investment agreements around the globe. States and regional organisations, including, notably, the European Union and the United States, have started to examine ways in which to safeguard their regulatory power and guide - and delimit - the interpretive power of arbitral tribunals, by reserving their right to pursue specific public policy objectives. The monograph explores the status quo of the right to regulate, in order to offer an appraisal and a reference tool for treatymakers, thus contributing to a better understanding of the concept and the broader discourse on how to enhance the investment law system's legitimacy.

About this title

From the Author:

Catharine Titi works on issues in international investment law and international arbitration.

Review:

All in all, the present thesis is a solid work with a clear design and a good conclusion.The relevant practice and case law is comprehensively reviewed, thus presenting a reliable legal insight into a politically highly sensitive topic. (Prof. Dr. Frank Hoffmeister Archiv des Völkerrechts)

About this edition

• Publisher: Nomos/Hart
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1849466114
• ISBN 13: 9781849466110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240