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  • New Property in International Law

    by Dr Jean Ho ...
    Until now, the definition of property in international law has been poorly addressed. It is assumed that international law possesses sufficient content to regulate property, that provisions in international instruments addressing property rights are shown to act, and that resolutions of property disputes are claimed to be in accordance with international law. Yet, when asked to define key ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Investors’ International Law

    Series series Studies in International Trade and Investment Law
    This book is the first book-length analysis of investor accountability under general and customary international law, international human rights law, international environmental law, international humanitarian law, as well as international investment law.International investment law is currently facing growing criticisms for its failure to address corruption, abuse, environmental damage, and other ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • International Investment Law and Arbitration

    Commentary, Awards and other Materials

    International investment law and arbitration is a rapidly evolving field, and can be difficult for students to acquire a firm understanding of, given the considerable number of published awards and legal writings. The first edition of this text, cited by courts in Singapore and Colombia, overcame this challenge by interweaving extracts from these arbitral decisions, treaties and scholarly works ... Read more

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  • State Responsibility for Breaches of Investment Contracts

    by Jean Ho ...
    Series Book 136 - Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
    There is a wealth of material that shapes the law of State responsibility for breaches of investment contracts. First impressions of an unsettled or uncertain law have thus far gone unchallenged. But unchallenged first impressions point to the need for a detailed study that investigates and analyses the sources, the content, the characteristics, and the evolution of this law. The argument at the ... Read more

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    This book is about the forces that are reshaping the international law on foreign investment today. It begins by explaining the liberal origins of contemporary investment treaties before addressing a current backlash against these treaties and the device of investment arbitration. The book describes a long-standing legal-intellectual resistance to a neo-liberal global economic agenda, and how ... Read more

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  • Profit Over People

    Neoliberalism and Global Order

    by Noam Chomsky ...
    Why is the Atlantic slowly filling with crude petroleum, threatening a millions-of-years-old ecological balance? Why did traders at prominent banks take high-risk gambles with the money entrusted to them by hundreds of thousands of clients around the world, expanding and leveraging their investments to the point that failure led to a global financial crisis that left millions of people jobless and ... Read more

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  • Managing Development

    Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy

    Edited by Junji Nakagawa ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    Globalization in the 1990s provided both opportunities and challenges for developing and transition economies. Though for some, it offered the chance to achieve economic growth through active involvement in the integrated and liberalized world economy, it also increased their vulnerability to external shocks and volatility.As a consequence, stakeholders at every level of the development and ... Read more

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  • International Investment Law

    Text, Cases and Materials, Second Edition

    This fully revised and updated edition of International Investment Law remains a complete and concise guide to the law of international investment protection and continues to approach the subject with an easy-to-follow, broad and balanced text. New to this edition:- updates to include numerous new cases- completely reworked sections on standards of treatment- new Q&A section to capture ... Read more

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  • Politics in the New Hard Times

    The Great Recession in Comparative Perspective

    Edited by Miles Kahler, David A. Lake ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
    The Great Recession and its aftershocks, including the Eurozone banking and debt crisis, add up to the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Although economic explanations for the Great Recession have proliferated, the political causes and consequences of the crisis have received less systematic attention. Politics in the New Hard Times is the first book to focus on ... Read more

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  • The Principles and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration

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    Arbitration has become the dispute resolution method of choice in international transactions. This book provides the reader with immediate access to understanding the world of international arbitration, explaining how and why arbitration works. It provides the legal and regulatory framework for international arbitration, as well as practical strategies to follow and pitfalls to avoid. It is short ... Read more

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  • Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development

    The Law and Economics of International Investment Agreements

    Series series Routledge Research in International Economic Law
    This book presents original research that examines the growth of international investment agreements as a means to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and considers how this affects the ability of capital-importing countries to pursue their development goals. The hope of countries signing such treaties is that foreign capital will accelerate transfers of technologies, create employment, and ... Read more

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    by Ben Ansell ...
    A leading political expert explains why systems fail to deliver things we all want—democracy, equality, solidarity, security and prosperity—and what can be done to create a just, equitable, and environmentally sane society.The dawn of the twenty-first century had the promise of a golden age. The economy was stable and growing, social peace seemed possible, and technology appeared benign.The past ... Read more

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