This volume examines the standards of treatment, demanded from host states, that form the basis of contemporary international investment protection. Practitione

The book focuses on the substantive protections accorded to investors and investments and on the variations among jurisdictions. Among the many specific issues

This book provides a conceptual and legal analysis of the core of investment protection guarantees that emerge from international treaties signed since 1959 for

This book outlines the protection standards typically contained in international investment agreements as they are actually applied and interpreted by investmen

"Showing unambiguously that Brazil in fact enjoys a stable legal system which grants foreign direct investment the same material and procedural rights as nation