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Sornarajah, M.

The international law on foreign investment / M. Sornarajah. - 3rd ed. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xxx, 524 p. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --
The shaping factors --
Controls by the host state --
The liability of multinational corporations and home state measures --
Bilateral investment treaties --
Multilateral instruments on foreign investment --
Settlement of investment disputes: contract-based arbitration --
Treaty-based investment arbitration: jurisdictional issues --
Causes of action --
The taking of foreign property --
Compensation for nationalisation of foreign investments --
Defences to responsibility.

Summary:
This book is a thought-provoking and authoritative text on this fast moving field of international law.




ISBN: 9780521763271 (hbk.) 9780521747653 (pbk.) 0521763274

LCCN: 2010485165

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Investments, Foreign (International law)

LC Class. No.: HG4521 / .A36 1988

Dewey Class. No.: 332.678 / SOI 2010