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Sovereign Policy Flexibility For Social Protection: Managing Regulatory Risk In International Investment Agreements, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2013

Sovereign Policy Flexibility For Social Protection: Managing Regulatory Risk In International Investment Agreements, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

This Article focuses on the design of regulatory risk in international investment agreements (IIAs), and its counterpart treatment in investment arbitral practices. It demonstrates that the uneven conception and treatment of regulatory risk in investment arbitrations stands to threaten the basic premise of regulatory predictability in IIA design. IIAs do not intend to entrench static or hermetically sealed regulatory frameworks, but rather, are designed to enable States Parties to the IIA as well as investors (as third-party beneficiaries of the IIA), to mutually, fairly, and transparently predict and estimate the economic returns and risks of investment. Thus, while the substantive …


Bridging The Public Interest Divide: Committee Assistance For Investor-Host State Compliance With The Icescr, Dr. Diane A. Desierto, Bruno Simma Jan 2013

Bridging The Public Interest Divide: Committee Assistance For Investor-Host State Compliance With The Icescr, Dr. Diane A. Desierto, Bruno Simma

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Conflict Of Treaties, Interpretation, And Decision-Making On Human Rights And Investment During Economic Crises, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2013

Conflict Of Treaties, Interpretation, And Decision-Making On Human Rights And Investment During Economic Crises, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


The International Court Of Justice In The Settlement Of Foreign Investment Disputes, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2013

The International Court Of Justice In The Settlement Of Foreign Investment Disputes, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Calibrating Human Rights And Investment During Economic Emergencies: Prospects Of Treaty And Valuation Defenses, Diane A. Desierto Sep 2012

Calibrating Human Rights And Investment During Economic Emergencies: Prospects Of Treaty And Valuation Defenses, Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Icescr Minimum Core Obligations And Investment: Recasting The Non-Expropriation Compensation Model During Financial Crises, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2012

Icescr Minimum Core Obligations And Investment: Recasting The Non-Expropriation Compensation Model During Financial Crises, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


For Greater Certainty: Balancing Economic Integration And Investment Protection In The New Asean Investment Agreements, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2011

For Greater Certainty: Balancing Economic Integration And Investment Protection In The New Asean Investment Agreements, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Self-Enforcing Trade By Chad Bown, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2010

Book Review: Self-Enforcing Trade By Chad Bown, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Leveraging International Economic Tools To Confront Child Soldiering, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2010

Leveraging International Economic Tools To Confront Child Soldiering, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Hyper-Presidentialism: Separation Of Powers Without Checks And Balances In Argentina And The Philippines, Dr. Diane A. Desierto, Susan Rose-Ackerman, Natalia Volosin Jan 2010

Hyper-Presidentialism: Separation Of Powers Without Checks And Balances In Argentina And The Philippines, Dr. Diane A. Desierto, Susan Rose-Ackerman, Natalia Volosin

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Asean's Constitutionalization Of International Law: Challenges To Evolution Under The New Asean Charter, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2010

Asean's Constitutionalization Of International Law: Challenges To Evolution Under The New Asean Charter, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


International Law: Regional Developments In South And Southeast Asia, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2010

International Law: Regional Developments In South And Southeast Asia, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


A Universalist History Of The 1987 Philippine Constitution (Ii), Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2010

A Universalist History Of The 1987 Philippine Constitution (Ii), Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Necessity And Supplementary Means Of Interpretation Of Non-Precluded Measures In Bilateral Investment Treaties, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2010

Necessity And Supplementary Means Of Interpretation Of Non-Precluded Measures In Bilateral Investment Treaties, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Restriction And Rhetoric: A Critique Of The Constitutional Prohibition Against Foreign Ownership In Philippine Mass Media, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2010

Restriction And Rhetoric: A Critique Of The Constitutional Prohibition Against Foreign Ownership In Philippine Mass Media, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Universalizing Core Human Rights In The New Asean: A Reassessment Of Culture And Development Justifications Against The Global Rejection Of Impunity, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2009

Universalizing Core Human Rights In The New Asean: A Reassessment Of Culture And Development Justifications Against The Global Rejection Of Impunity, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Universalist Constitutionalism In The Philippines: Restricting Executive Particularism In The Form Of Executive Privilege, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2009

Universalist Constitutionalism In The Philippines: Restricting Executive Particularism In The Form Of Executive Privilege, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


Postcolonial International Law Discourse On Regional Developments In South And Southeast Asia, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2009

Postcolonial International Law Discourse On Regional Developments In South And Southeast Asia, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


The Presidential Veil Of Administrative Authority Over Foreign-Financed Public Contracts In The Philippines, Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2009

The Presidential Veil Of Administrative Authority Over Foreign-Financed Public Contracts In The Philippines, Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.


A Universalist History Of The 1987 Philippine Constitution (I), Dr. Diane A. Desierto Jan 2009

A Universalist History Of The 1987 Philippine Constitution (I), Dr. Diane A. Desierto

Dr. Diane A Desierto

No abstract provided.