Foreign investment, human rights and the environment : a perspective from South Asia on the role of public international law for development

Foreign investment, human rights and the environment : a perspective from South Asia on the role of public international law for development / by Shyami Fernando Puvimanasinghe.

Embodies a critique of the complex web of public international law principles on economics, human rights and the environment, and their convergence or lack thereof, related regional (South Asian) and domestic (Sri Lankan) legal arrangements, interventions of states and non-state actors towards just,...

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Main Author: Puvimanasinghe, Shyami Fernando
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff, 2007.
Subjects:
Law and economic development.
Environmental law, International.
Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation.
Sustainable development > Law and legislation > South Asia.
Human rights > South Asia.
Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation > South Asia.
Environmental law > South Asia.
LAW > International.
Environmental law
Environmental law, International
Human rights
Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation
Law and economic development
Sustainable development > Law and legislation
South Asia.
Foreign direct investment.
Economic development.
Sustainable development.
Environmental law.
Public international law.
Human rights.
South Asia
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • M. Sornarajah; Preface
  • S. Subedi; Introduction
  • N. Schrijver and K. Arts; Acknowledgements; Table of Treaties and other International Instruments; Table of Statutes; Table of Cases; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Context and Concepts of this Study; Chapter Three: Transnational Corporations and Public International Law; Chapter Four: International Law Standards: Three Dimensions; Chapter Five: The Roles of Home and Host States; Chapter Six: Regional and National Arrangements; Chapter Seven: The Interventions of Non-State Actors.

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