Substantive Protection under Investment Treaties

A Legal and Economic Analysis

Jonathan Bonnitcha (Australian National University, Canberra)

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Cambridge University Press
14 August 2014

Treaties & other sources of international law; Transnational commercial law

Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law

Substantive Protection under Investment Treaties provides the first systematic analysis of the consequences of the substantive protections that investment treaties provide to foreign investors. It proposes a new framework for identifying and evaluating the costs and benefits of differing levels of investment treaty protection, and uses this framework to evaluate the levels of protection for foreign investors implied by different interpretations of the fair and equitable treatment and indirect expropriation provisions of investment treaties. The author examines the arguments and assumptions of both supporters and critics of investment treaties, seeks to test whether they are coherent and borne out by evidence, and concludes that the 'economic' justifications for investment treaty protections are much weaker than is generally assumed. As such, the 'economic' objectives of investment treaties are not necessarily in tension with other 'non-economic' objectives. These findings have important implications for the drafting and interpretation of investment treaties.

By: Jonathan Bonnitcha (Australian National University Canberra)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 110
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9781107042414
ISBN 10: 1107042410
Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 14 August 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan Bonnitcha is a senior lawyer in the Australian Government's Office of International Law and a visiting fellow in international investment law and policy at the Australian National University, Canberra.