International investment law and development : bridging the gap - Schill, Stephan (Stephan W.); Tams, Christian J.; Hofmann, Rainer (Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015)
International investment law and development : friends or foes? / Stephan W. Schill, Christian J. Tams and Rainer Hofmann -- Developing countries in the investment treaty system : a law for need or a law for greed? / Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah -- International investment law and development : a history of two concepts / Yannick Radi -- Overcoming obstacles with opportunities : trade and investment agreements for sustainable development / Markus W. Gehring and Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger -- UNCTAD's effort to foster the relationship between international investment law and sustainable development / Andrea Saldarriaga and Kendra Magraw -- Reviving the emperor's old clothes : the good governance agenda, development and international investment law / Celine Tan -- Aspiring for a constructive TWAIL approach towards the international investment regime / Antonius R. Hippolyte -- Sovereignty over natural resources and international investment law : the elusive search for equilibrium / Melaku Geboye Desta -- International (investment) law and distribution conflicts over natural resources / Isabel Feichtner -- Democracy, development and compensation under investment treaties : the case of transition from authoritarian rule / Jonathan Bonnitcha -- Investment treaties and democratic transition : does investment law authorize not to honor contracts concluded with undemocratic regimes? / Walid Ben Hamida -- The international mandate for development : building compliant investment within the state's development decision-making processes / Diane A. Desierto -- The law of investment protection and poverty reduction / Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer -- Mainstreaming sustainable development into international investment agreements : what role for labor provisions? / Vid Prislan and Ruben Zandvliet -- Investment, development and indigenous peoples / Christina Binder.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Investments, Foreign (International law); Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation