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The Nature And Enforcement Of Investor Rights Under Investment Treaties: Do Investment Treaties Have A Bright Future, Susan Franck
The Nature And Enforcement Of Investor Rights Under Investment Treaties: Do Investment Treaties Have A Bright Future, Susan Franck
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The number of investment treaties has surged in the past decade. Even now, the United States and Canada are actively engaged in programs designed to facilitate the completion of multilateral treaties such as the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs). These investment treaties act like economic bills of rights, which grant foreign investors substantive protections and procedural rights to facilitate investment. Sovereigns, meanwhile, may benefit from these treaties by obtaining increased foreign direct investment, which may promote the development of their country's infrastructure 6 and offer citizens basic services including access to clean water, …
A Preliminary Survey Of Recent International Legal Developments, Sompong Sucharitkul
A Preliminary Survey Of Recent International Legal Developments, Sompong Sucharitkul
The Sompong Sucharitkul Center for Advanced International Legal Studies
This year, three different time frames appear to commend themselves for our treatment of international legal developments of considerable importance and far-reaching consequences. The first covers the legal developments in the year 1997-1998. The second embraces continuing growth and progress made in the international legal fields within the United Nations Decade of International Law, that is from the year 1990 until today. The third and last is the half-century mark, dating back to 194 7-1948.
Can International Legal Principles Promote The Resolution Of Central And East European Transboundary Environmental Disputes?, Paul Williams
Can International Legal Principles Promote The Resolution Of Central And East European Transboundary Environmental Disputes?, Paul Williams
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The fall of communism and the subsequent opening of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) have revealed a regional ecosystem under serious strain after over forty years of communist stewardship. Although the entire region suffers from an exploited ecosystem, particular destruction has occurred in the border regions of the CEE states. The substantial environmental destruction and continuing degradation in these border regions give rise to a number of transboundary environmental disputes, which must be resolved if the situation is to be alleviated.'
Environment And Trade Concepts And Principles Of International Law: An Introduction, David Hunter
Environment And Trade Concepts And Principles Of International Law: An Introduction, David Hunter
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