Book: New Directions in International Economic Law - In Memoriam Thomas Wälde

5 September 2011

New Directions in International Economic Law
In Memoriam Thomas Wälde
ISBN13: 9789004191433, Hardback, 592 pp.
Martinus Nijhoff, Price €165.00, $226.00
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Edited by Todd Weiler, Independent Council, and Freya Baetens, Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies

NOTE: Royalty proceeds of the sale of this book will go to to the "Thomas Wälde Memorial Fund." More information about the fund at the CEMPLP website: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/trust/fundraising.php

This volume is dedicated to the life and work of Prof. Thomas Wälde (†2008), a leading scholar and international lawyer.

Contributions reflect the eclectic and multifaceted career of Prof. Wälde, who was an authority on diverse areas such as natural resources law, international dispute settlement, international investment law and economic development.

The authors are all leaders in their respective fields of international law, providing timely, critical assessments on the most challenging topics facing the international community. While the thrust of this volume is on international investment law and dispute settlement, contributors also address a wide array of related issues, including lex mercatoria, human rights, corporate social responsibility, and natural resources law. It will appeal to practitioners and academics alike.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part One: Where Public Meets Private

  • Introduction
    Emmanuel Gaillard
  • Human Rights & Investment Tribunals Jurisprudence Along the Private/Public Divide,
    Moshe Hirsch
  • Public or Private Dispute Settlement? The Culture Clash in Investment Treaty Arbitration and its Impact on the Role of the Arbitrator,
    Stephan Schill
  • The Transnational Law of Contracts: What It Can and What It Cannot Achieve,
    Giuditta Cordero Moss
  • Codification of the New Lex Mercatoria through the Internet: The TransLex Principles at www.trans-lex.org,
    Klaus Peter Berger
  • Thinking About BITs and BIT Arbitration: The Legitimacy Crisis That Never Was,
    Devashish Krishan

Part Two: Field-Specific Applications

  • Introduction,
    Detlev F. Vagts
  • Arbitration to Settle Private War-Damage Claims? The Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission Revisited,
    Hans Van Houtte
  • Foreign direct investment for development: the United Nations Code of Conduct and the search for balance in international investment rules,
    Karl Sauvant
  • Negotiated Settlement of Public Infrastructure Disputes, Mark Kantor
  • International Corporate Social Responsibility and International Law,
    Peter Muchlinski
  • The Legal Landscape of International Energy Investment After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis,
    Robert Pritchard
  • Investor-State Mediation: Reflections on its Feasibility from a Process Perspective,
    Ximena Bustamante

Part Three: International Economic Law In A Wider Context

  • Introduction,
    Daniel Vock
  • International Investment Law Regime and the Rule of Law as a Precondition for International Development, Nicholas J. Birch, Ian Laird,
    Borzu Sabahi
  • An Historical Analysis of the Function of the Minimum Standard of Treatment in International Investment Law, Todd Weiler
  • States, Sanctions and Soft Law: An Analysis of Differing Approaches to Business and Human Rights Frameworks,
    Stephane Brabant, Anna Kirk, Jonathan Proust
  • Positivism, New Haven Jurisprudence, and the Fragmentation of International Law,
    Tai-Heng Cheng
  • Beyond Fragmentation, Andrea Bjorklund, Sophie Nappert

Part Four Appendices: Transcripts Memorial Symposium for Professor Thomas Wälde

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