Monday, January 2, 2012

New Volume: Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy

The latest volume of the Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy (2010-2011) is out. Contents include:
  • Part One
    • Persephone Economou & Karl P. Sauvant, Recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment, 2010
    • Edward G. Kehoe & Paul B. Maslo, Trends in international investment agreements, 2009/2010. Recent steps in the evolution of bilateral investment treaties and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
    • Ian A. Laird, Borzu Sabahi, Frederic G. Sourgens & Nicholas J. Birch, International investment law and arbitration: 2010 in review
  • Part Two: Symposium on international investment law and the European Union
    • Federico Ortino, Introduction to the Symposium on international investment law and the European Union
    • Colin Brown & Maria Alcover-Llubia, The external investment policy of the European Union in the light of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon
    • Anna De Luca, New developments on the scope of the EU Common Commercial Policy under the Lisbon Treaty: Investment liberalization vs. investment protection?
    • Steffen Hindelang, Member State BITs - There's still (some) life in the old dog yet. Incompatibility of existing Member State BITs with EU law and possible remedies: A position paper
    • Angelos Dimopoulos, The development of EU trade and investment policies: Drawing lessons form past experiences