| International investment law |
| Section A: Evolution of
the law of foreign investment |
| ·
Origins of the law of foreign investment: the early
years |
| ·
National standards v. international minimum
standard |
| ·
National treatment and the Calvo doctrine |
| ·
The duty to compensate and the Hull formula |
| Section B: International
efforts to regulate foreign investment |
| ·
United Nations efforts |
| ·
Efforts made by the World Bank |
| ·
OECD efforts |
| ·
The role of the World Trade Organization |
| Section C: Regulation
under bilateral and regional investment treaties (BITs) |
| ·
Origins of BITs |
| ·
The content of BITs |
| ·
Significance of BITs |
| ·
Regional treaties: NAFTA |
| Section D: The case-law
on the treatment of foreign investment |
| ·
Fleshing out of the principles of the law of
foreign investment |
| ·
Definition of expropriation and nationalization
|
| ·
Determination of the quantum of compensation |
| ·
Extending the frontiers of expropriation |
Sequence:
Section A first, followed by Section B. |
Textbooks:
M. Sornarajah, The
International Law on Foreign Investment 2nd ed (Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2004),
ISBN:
9780521545563
Peter T. Muchlinski, Multinational Enterprises and the Law
(Oxford: Blackwell, 1999),ISBN: 9780631216766 |
