The Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law

Abstract

he Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law offers thirty-one contributions in three major sections. These three sections address: (a) fundamental issues arising out of the nature, structure, sources and definitions of international investment law (including policy and objectives, applicable law and links to other areas of international law and international trade regulation); (b) substantive issues such as admission, standards of treatment, expropriation, taxation, most-favoured-nation (MFN), emergencies, insurance, corruption and corporate social responsibility; and (c) procedural issues mainly concerning the process of investor-state arbitration. Unlike international trade, foreign investments typically involve a longer term presence and exposure to influences and interferences by the host state's authorities.