Regionalism in International Investment Law

INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1; Foreign Direct Investment: An Overview; Professor Leon Trakman and Nick W. Ranieri; CHAPTER 2; Foreign direct Investment: A Historical Perspective; Professor Leon Trakman and Dr Nick W. Ranieri; CHAPTER 3; International Investment Law: Some Cultural Legal Insights; Professor Colin Pickard; CHAPTER 4; Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreements; Professor Leon Trakman; CHAPTER 5; NAFTA: An Overview; Dr Nick W. Ranieri; CHAPTER 6; The Legal Framework for Foreign Investments in the EU; Professor Anna DeLuca; CHAPTER 7; The Effect of Survival and Withdrawal Clauses in Investment Treaties: Protection of Investments in Latin America; Professor Gisela Bolivar; CHAPTER 8; ASEAN: The Liberalization of Investment through Regional Agreements; Professor Vivienne Bath; CHAPTER 9; China and International Investment Law; Professor Wenhau Shen; CHAPTER 10; The ICSID in Perspective; Professor Leon Trakman; CHAPTER 11; The Iran-US Expropriation; Professor Romesh Weeramantry; CHAPTER 12; Australia's Rejection of Investor-State Arbitration: a Sign of Global Change; Professor Leon Trakman; CHAPTER 13; The Relation of the EU and Member States in Investor-State Arbitration; Dr Stephan W. Schill; CHAPTER 14; Balancing Investors' Rights with Public Policy in the NAFTA Context; Dr Nick W. Ranieri; CHAPTER 15; Consumer Product Safety Regulation and Investor-State Arbitration Policy and Practice after Philip Morris Asia v Australia; Professor Luke Nottage; CHAPTER 16; THE CASE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW; Professor Sornarajah; APPENDIX; A POLEMIC: THE CASE FOR AND AGAINST INVESTMENT LIBERALIZATION; Professor Trakman: The Case For Investment Liberalization; Professor Sornarajah: The Case Against Investment Liberalization

Leon Trakman, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of South Wales;Nicola Ranieri, Private practice

"This excellent book is another illustration of the rapid expansion of law into new areas of little or no significance in previous generations. It provides a description and analysis of international investment law, particularly as that law is affected by regional associations that impose obligations on member states to provide protection for overseas investment." --Michael Kirby