The impact of investment treaties on contracts between host states and foreign investors

The impact of investment treaties on contracts between host states and foreign investors / by Jan Ole Voss.

Foreign investments are usually implemented through contracts between host States and foreign investors. These contracts and international investment treaties represent two different legal instruments that protect foreign direct investment. The co-existence of both instruments under international in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Voss, Jan Ole
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011.
Series:Studies on the law of treaties ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation.
Commercial treaties.
LAW > Commercial > General.
LAW > Business & Financial.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Law.
Commercial treaties
Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Contracts between host states and foreign investors in the absence of international investment treaties
  • The regime established by investment treaties
  • The substantive coverage of contracts between host states and foreign investors through investment treaty standards
  • The Umbrella Clause
  • The relationship of parallel treaty-based international arbitral proceedings and contract-based domestic court proceedings in investment treaty disputes
  • Final conclusion.

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