Foreign investment and the environment in international law /
"Conflicts between foreign investment law and environmental law are becoming increasingly frequent. On the one hand, the rise of environmental regulation poses significant challenges to foreign investors in several industries. On the other, the surge in investment arbitration proceedings is mak...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press ,
c2012
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law
94 |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Cover image Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Changing winds - three sings
- 2. Conceptualising interactions
- 3. Synergies - harnessing foreign investment to promote environmental protection
- 4. Conflicts I - soft-control mechanisms
- 5. Conflicts II - adjudication mechanisms
- 6. Normative priority in international law
- 7. Foreign investment and the international regulation of freshwater
- 8. Foreign investment and the protection of biological and cultural diversity
- 9. Foreign investment and the international regulation of dangerous substances and activities
- 10. Foreign investment and the climate change regime
- 11. Normative priority between different legal systems
- 12. Environmental measures and expropriation clauses
- 13. Environmental measures and non-discrimination standards
- 14. Environmental measures, stability and due process
- 15. Defence arguments based on environmental considerations