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Contents : Part I. Introduction:
1. The definition of foreign investment
2. The history of the international law on foreign investment
3. An outline of the book

Part II. The Shaping Factors:
1. The historical setting
2. Conflicting economic theories on foreign investment
3. Actors in the field of foreign investment
4. Risks in foreign investment
5. The sources of the international law on foreign investment

Part III. Controls By The Host State:
1. Regulation of entry
2. New forms of foreign investment
3. Constraints on control: the customary international law
4. Conclusion

Part IV. The Liability of Multinational Corporations and Home Country Measures:
1. Obligations of multinational corporations
2. Extraterritorial control by home states
3. Conclusion

Part V. Bilateral Investment Treaties:
1. Introductory survey
2. Treaties of friendship, commerce and navigation
3. Reasons for bilateral investment treaties
4. Feature of bilateral investment treaties
5. New concerns in bilateral investment treaties
6. Conclusion

Part VI. Multilateral Instruments On Foreign Investment:
1. The international norms on multinational corporations
2. The. UNCTC draft code on multinational corporations
3. The outstanding issues
4. The regional agreements
5. The multinational agreement on investment
6. The WTO and foreign investment
7. An investment regime under the WTO
8. The right to regulation of foreign investment
9. Conclusion

Part VII. Causes of Action: Breaches of Treatment Standards:
1. The customary international law standards
2. The violation of national treatment standards
3. International minimum standard treatment
4. Fair and equitable standard of treatment
5. Full protection and security
6. Conclusion

Part VIII. The Taking of Foreign Property:
1. What constitutes taking?
2. The exercise of management control over the investment
3. Illegal takings
4. Conclusion

Part IV. Takings in Violation of Foreign Investment Agreements:
1. Contractual devices for foreign investment protection
2. The internationalisation of state contracts
3. Conclusion

Part X. Compensation for Nationalisation of Foreign Investment:
1. The competing norms: the views of the capital exporting states
2. The competing norms 3. Valuation of nationalised property
4. Conclusion.

Language : English

Place of publishing : CAMBRIDGE

Location : Nice Library

Material : Electronic

Statement : Présent

Owner : Bibliothèque