State liability in investment treaty arbitration : global constitutional and administrative law in the BIT generation /
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 damages against host-states before international arbitral tribunals. This procedure, together with the require...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2009
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| Series: | Studies in international law (Oxford, England) ;
v. 26. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 damages against host-states before international arbitral tribunals. This procedure, together with the requirement of compensation in indirect expropriations and the fair and equitable treatment standard, have transformed the way we think about state liability in international law. We live in the BIT generation, a world where BITs define the scope and conditions according to which states are economically ac. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xliii, 416 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-403) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847315489 1847315488 9781472564948 1472564944 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
