The Impact of Investment Treaties on Contracts between Host States and Foreign Investors - (sample chapter)
Article from: TDM 1 (2011), in Book Reviews & Related Materials
Introduction
Foreign investments are usually implemented through contracts between host States and foreign investors. These contracts and international investment treaties represent two different legal instruments that protect foreign direct investment. The co-existence of both instruments under international investment law has generated fundamental problems. By scrutinizing and tracing the increasingly divided jurisprudence on central aspects of treaty interpretation and analyzing the conflicting legal concepts applied by arbitral tribunals, this book represents a comprehensive examination of the ...