Department: PhD in Business Law
Module Description: The aim of the module is to develop a critical understanding of current and emerging developments in international investment law. The module will equip the students with the knowledge and understanding about the various approaches to regulating foreign investment in a social, economic and political context. Topics to be covered include: sources of international investment law, the evolution of international investment law, theories relating to foreign investment, the regulation of foreign investment, the standards of protection under modern bilateral/multilateral investment treaties (BIT/MITs) and investor-state arbitration.
Rudolf Dolzer & Christoph Schreuer, Principles of International Investment Law (Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition, 2012). Purchase eBook
Jeswald W. Salacuse, The Law of Investment Treaties (Oxford University Press, ; 3 edition, 2021) Purchase eBook
Kenneth J. Vandevelde, Bilateral Investment Treaties: History, Policy, and Interpretation (Oxford University Press, 2010) Purchase eBook
Zachary Douglas, Joost Pauwelyn, Jorge E. Viñuales (eds), The Foundations of International Investment Law: Bringing theory into Practice (Oxford University Press, 2014) Purchase eBook
Jonathan Bonnitch, Substantive Protection under Investment Treaties: A Legal and Economic Analysis (Cambridge, University Press, 2014)
M. Sornarajah, Resistance and Change in the International Law on Foreign Investment (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
Karl Sauvant (ed), Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2011-2012 (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Karl P. Sauvant & 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)
Campbell McLachlan, Laurence Shore and Matthew Weinger, International Investment Arbitration: Substantive Principles (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Andrew Newcombe, Law and Practice of Investment Treaties: Standards of Treatment (Kluwer Law International, 2009)
Armand De Mestral and Céline Lévesque (eds) Improving International Investment Agreements (2012)
Jan Paulsson, Denial of Justice in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2005)
Karl P. Sauvant (ed), Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2009-2010 (2010)
Michael Waibel, Asha Kaushal, Kyo-Hwa L. Chung and Claire Balchin (eds) The Backlash against Investment Arbitration: Perceptions and Reality (Wolters Kluwer, 2010)
Peter Muchlinkski, Federico Ortino & Chrisph Schreuer (eds), The Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law (Oxford University Press, 2008)
Pia Acconci, Mara Valenti, Anna De Luca & Giogio Sacerdoti (eds), General Interests of Host States in International Investment Law (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Noah Rubins & Stephan Kinsella, International Investment, Political Risk and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner's Guide (Oceana TM, 2005)
Tarcisio Gazzini and Catharine Titi, Public actors in International Investment Law (2021)
