Foreign investment and the environment in international law

"Conflicts between foreign investment law and environmental law are becoming increasingly frequent. On the one hand, the rise of environmental regulation poses significant challenges to foreign investors in several industries. On the other, the surge in investment arbitration proceedings is mak...

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Autor principal: Viñuales, Jorge (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2012, ♭2012.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; [94]
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38437727*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Changing winds : three signs
  • Conceptualising interactions
  • Synergies : harnessing foreign investment to promote environmental protection
  • Conflicts I : soft-control mechanisms
  • Conflicts II : adjudication mechanisms
  • Normative priority in international law
  • Foreign investment and the international regulation of freshwater
  • Foreign investment and the protection of biological and cultural diversity
  • Foreign investment and the international regulation of dangerous substances and activities
  • Foreign investment and the climate change regime
  • Normative priority between different legal systems
  • Environmental measures and expropriation clauses
  • Environmental measures and non-discrimination standards
  • Environmental measures, stability and due process
  • Defence arguments based on environmental considerations.