The International Law on Foreign Investment (Paperback, 2 Rev ed)

Part I. Introduction: 1. The definition of foreign investment; 2. The history of the international law on foreign investment; 3. An outline of the book; Part II. The Shaping Factors: 1. The historical setting; 2. Conflicting economic theories on foreign investment; 3. Actors in the field of foreign investment; 4. Risks in foreign investment; 5. The sources of the international law on foreign investment; Part III. Controls By The Host State: 1. Regulation of entry; 2. New forms of foreign investment; 3. Constraints on control: the customary international law; 4. Conclusion; Part IV. The Liability of Multinational Corporations and Home Country Measures: 1. Obligations of multinational corporations; 2. Extraterritorial control by home states; 3. Conclusion; Part V. Bilateral Investment Treaties: 1. Introductory survey; 2. Treaties of friendship, commerce and navigation; 3. Reasons for bilateral investment treaties; 4. Feature of bilateral investment treaties; 5. New concerns in bilateral investment treaties; 6. Conclusion; Part VI. Multilateral Instruments On Foreign Investment: 1. The international norms on multinational corporations; 2. The. UNCTC draft code on multinational corporations; 3. The outstanding issues; 4. The regional agreements; 5. The multinational agreement on investment; 6. The WTO and foreign investment; 7. An investment regime under the WTO; 8. The right to regulation of foreign investment; 9. Conclusion; Part VII. Causes of Action: Breaches of Treatment Standards: 1. The customary international law standards; 2. The violation of national treatment standards; 3. International minimum standard treatment; 4. Fair and equitable standard of treatment; 5. Full protection and security; 6. Conclusion; Part VIII. The Taking of Foreign Property: 1. What constitutes taking?; 2. The exercise of management control over the investment; 3. Illegal takings; 4. Conclusion; Part IV. Takings in Violation of Foreign Investment Agreements: 1. Contractual devices for foreign investment protection; 2. The internationalisation of state contracts; 3. Conclusion; Part X. Compensation for Nationalisation of Foreign Investment: 1. The competing norms: the views of the capital exporting states; 2. The competing norms 3. Valuation of nationalised property; 4. Conclusion.