Foundations of International Investment Law

Oxford University Press has published Foundations of International Investment Law: Bringing Theory into Practice, edited by Professor Jorge E. Viñuales, Professor Joost Pauwelyn and Professor Zachary Douglas.

The volume brings together a generation of academics and practitioners, including Dr Michael Waibel, to shed light on the theoretical questions underpinning some of the most controversial issues arising in the practice of international investment law.

International investment law is one of the fastest growing areas of international law. It has led to the signing of thousands of agreements, mostly in the form of investment contracts and bilateral investment treaties. Also, in the last two decades, there has been an exponential growth in the number of disputes being resolved by investment arbitration tribunals. Yet the legal principles at the basis of international investment law and arbitration remain in a state of flux. Perhaps the best illustration of this phenomenon is the wide disagreement among investment tribunals on some of the core concepts underpinning the regime, such as investment, property, regulatory powers, scope of jurisdiction, applicable law, or the interactions with other areas of international law.

For more information about this book, please refer to the OUP website. For information about other publications by Professor Viñuales, see his Faculty Profile.

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