1st Edition

International Investment Law and the Right to Regulate A human rights perspective

By Lone Wandahl Mouyal Copyright 2016
282 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

The book considers the ways in which the international investment law regime intersects with the human rights regime, and the potential for clashes between the two legal orders. Within the human rights regime states may be obligated to regulate, including a duty to adopt regulation aiming at improving social standards and conditions of living for their population. Yet, states are increasingly... Read more

1. Foreign Investments and Public Policies  2. General International Law, Investment Protection and the Right to Regulate  3. The Context of International Investment Law: from Policy to Legal Norms  4. Human Rights in the International Investment Law Regime: The Duty to Regulate  5. The Case-study of Expropriation Claims in International Investment Law and Investment Arbitration  6. Collecting the Pieces

Biography

Lone Wandahl Mouyal is Assistant Professor in international economic law at the Law Faculty at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark