Friday, August 8, 2014

New Volume: Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy

The latest volume of the Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy (2012-2013) is out. Contents include:
  • Part One
    • Karl P. Sauvant, Persephone Economou, Ksenia Gal, Shawn Lim, & Witold P. Wilinski, Trends in FDI, Home Country Measures and Competitive Neutrality
    • Ian A. Laird, Borzu Sabahi, Frédéric G. Sourgens, Nicholas J. Birch, & Kabir Duggal, International Investment Law and Arbitration: 2012 in Review
    • Lise Johnson & Lisa Sachs, Trends in International Investment Agreements, 2011-2012: A Review of Trends and New Approaches
  • Part Two: Symposium on Sustainable Development and International Investment Law: Bridging the Divide
    • Lise Johnson & Rahim Moloo, Symposium on International Investment Law and Sustainable Development
    • Rahim Moloo & Jenny J. Chao, International Investment Law and Sustainable Development: Bridging the Unsustainable Divide
    • Caroline Henckels, Balancing Investment Protection and Sustainable Development in Investor-State Arbitration: The Role of Deference
    • Stephan W. Schill, International Investment Law as International Development Law
    • Vid Prislan & Ruben Zandvliet, Labor Provisions in International Investment Agreements: Prospects for Sustainable Development
    • Mavluda Sattorova, International Investment Law, Renewable Energy, and National Policy-making: On "Green" Discrimination, Double Regulatory Squeeze, and the Law of Exceptions
    • Alessandra Asteriti, Regulatory Expropriation Claims in International Investment Arbitration: A Bridge Too Far?
  • Part Three: General Articles
    • Patrick Dumberry & Jacob Stone, International Law, Whether You Like It or Not: An Analysis of Arbitral Tribunal Practice Regarding the Applicable Law in Deciding State Contracts Disputes under the ICSID Convention in the Twenty-First Century
    • Hernando Diaz-Candia, The Role of Municipal Laws in Investment Arbitration
    • Jo En Low, The Status of State-Controlled Entities under International Investment Agreements
    • David A. Gantz, The United States and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
    • Paolo Di Rosa & Dawn Y. Yamane Hewett, The New 2012 U.S. Model BIT: Staying the Course
    • Björn Arp, The Regulation of Foreign Directive Investment in Bolivia: Some Current Challenges