Department: Bachelor of Law
Module Description: This module aims to introduce students to the principles behind the law of foreign investment, familiarise them with the legal framework that governs the making and protection of foreign investment. The module covers the history of international investment law, sources of international investment law, role and functions of international investment law, national Foreign Investment Law; substantive standards of protection under investment treaties; managing political risk; international investment law and sustainable development; foreign investment contracts and settlement of investment disputes, and promoting entrepreneurship and innovation through the law of Investment.
The module coordinator will provide students with mandatory texts on UAE Law, prepared purposefully for this particular module.
Claudia Annacker and Noam Zamir (eds), Substantive Protections in International Investment Law: Analysis, Cases and Commentary (Hart Publishing, 2020)
Jeswald W. Salacuse, The Law of Investment Treaties (Oxford University Press; 3 edition, 2021)
Peter Muchlinkski, Federico Ortino & Chrisph Schreuer (eds), The Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law (Oxford University Press, 2008)
August Reinisch (ed), Classics in International Investment Law (Edward Elgar, 2014)
August Reinisch (ed), Standards of Investment Protection (Oxford University Press, 2008)
Karl P. Sauvant and Lisa E. Sachs (eds) The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Double Taxation Treaties, and Investment Flows (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Chin Leng Lim (ed), Alternative Visions of the International Law on Foreign Investment: Essays in Honour of Muthucumarawamy Sornarajah (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
M. Sornarajah, The International Law on Foreign Investment (Cambridge University Press; 5 edition, 2021)
