General Interests of Host States in International Investment Law by Acconci, Pia
ISBN:9781107050235
Cambridge University Press, 01 January 2014
Hardback 461 PAGES
The application of BITs in time of economic crisis: limits to their coverage, necessity and the relevance of WTO law /Giorgio Sacerdoti --The protection of general interests of host states in the application of the fair and equitable treatment standard /Mara Valenti --Indirect expropriations and regulatory takings: what role for the legitimate expectations of foreign investors? /Anna De Luca --Trade and investment law: what relations? /Friedl Weiss --On the evolution and slow convergence of international trade and investment law /Jurgen Kurtz --Sovereign wealth funds as protected investors under BITs and the safeguard of the national security of host states /Michele Barbieri --The integration of non-investment concerns as an opportunity for the modernization of international investment law: is a multilateral approach desirable? /Pia Acconci --Intellectual property protection in investment agreements and public concerns /Antonietta Di Blase --Up-keeping non-economic values in development assistance. Does the World Bank practice what it preaches? Answers from the Inspection Panel /Agostina Latino --The protection of indigenous peoples' concerns in the World Bank-funded projects /Martina Guidi --The future of BITs between EU member states: are intra-EU BITs compatible with the internal market? /Paola Mariani --European Union restrictions to the free movement of capital vs. BITs guarantees: learning from the European Court of Justice case law /Elsa Milanesi --Ensuring the consistency of the EU investment policy within the EU external action: the relevance of non-trade values /Alessando Perfetti --Non-financial concerns in the lending policy of the European Investment Bank in context /Emanuela Pistoia --The protection of general interests of host states in regional agreements in the Asia-Pacific area /Claudio Dordi --The regulation of foreign investments in Mercoseur: failed attempts and challenges ahead / Arno Dal Ri and Paulo Potiara De Alc�ntara Veloso --Italy's treaty practice and case law: what balance between investors' protection and general interests of host states? /Federico Ortino and Domenico Di Pietro --Diplomatic intervention and state-to-state arbitration as alternative means for the protection of foreign investments and host states' general interests: the Italian experience /Matilde Recanati.