Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2017

by Sachs, Lisa; Johnson, Lise; Coleman, Jesse

• ISBN13: 9780191868641
• ISBN10: 0191868647
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2019-02-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

Edited by an Editorial Committee and overseen by an Advisory Board of esteemed global experts in the field of international investment law, the Yearbook is an essential tool for practitioners and academics looking for a resource of timely and authoritative information in this field.

Author Biography

Lisa Sachs, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, ,Lise Johnson, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, ,Jesse Coleman, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment,

Lisa Sachs is the Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI). Since joining CCSI in 2008, she established and now oversees the three areas of focus for CCSI: investments in extractive industries, investments in land and agriculture, and investment law and policy. She specializes in extractive industries, foreign investment, corporate responsibility, and integrated economic development. She received a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University, and earned her J.D. and an M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University, where she was a James Kent Scholar and recipient of the Parker School Certificate in International and Comparative Law.

Lise Johnson is the Investment Law and Policy Head at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI). Her work at CCSI centers on analyzing investment treaties and treatybased investor-state arbitrations, and examining the implications those instruments and cases have for host countries' domestic policies and sustainable development strategies. In addition, she concentrates on key institutional and procedural aspects of the investment law framework, including efforts to increase transparency in and legitimacy of investor-state dispute settlement. She has a B.A. from Yale University, J.D. from University of Arizona, LL.M. from Columbia Law School, and is admitted to the bar in California

Jesse Coleman is a legal researcher for the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI). Her work at CCSI focuses on investment law and policy, natural resources, and the intersection between human rights and sustainable development. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Bachelor of Laws from Trinity College Dublin, and holds a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge, where she specialized in international law. Her research while at Cambridge focused on the interplay between international human rights law and land-based investment.

Table of Contents

1. Trends in Global FDI Flows and Policy Implications, James Zhan
2. Blended Finance in 2017: Advancing financing for development but not a panacea, Brooke Skartvedt Guven
3. Institutional Developments in Investment Law and Policy, Taylor St. John
4. 2017 Developments in Home and Host State Policy Responses to Foreign Direct Investment, Olabisi Akinkugbe and Sara Seck
5. Investment Facilitation Agreement in WTO: Where is it headed?, Reji K. Joseph
6. Trends and Developments in the Credit and Political Risk Market in 2017, Julie Martin, Stephen Kay, and Mark van der Does
7. International Investment Agreements 2017: A Review of Trends and New Approaches, Lise Sachs, Lise Johnson, Jesse Coleman, and Nathan Lobel
8. Recent Developments in ISDS: Jurisdiction and admissibility - Procedure and Conduct, Catharine Titi
9. 2017 Developments in Investment Treaty Arbitration, Jarrod Hepburn
10. Human rights in international investment law: Recent trends in arbitration and treaty-making practice, Markus Krajewski
11. Developments in investment international law in relation to intellectual property in 2017, Carlos Correa
12. Investor-State Arbitration in the Extractive Industries, Zoe Phillips Williams
13. Farmland in international investment law and dispute settlement: Developments in 2017, Lorenzo Cotula and Thierry Berger
14. International Investment Law & Policy: 2017 Developments in Africa, Mouhamadou Madana Kane
15. Expanding ISDS, Active National Courts, and Concluding Mega-Regional Treaties: 2017 Developments in International Investment Law in Asia, Diane Desierto
16. Developments in International Investment Law and Policy in the European Union, Catharine Titi
17. Recent Trends in Investment Law and Policy in Latin America, Facundo Perez
18. North America Investment Law and Policy: 2017, David Schneiderman
19. Importing WTO general exceptions into International investment agreements: Proportionality, myths and risks, Tania Voon, Andrew Mitchell, and James Munro
20. The FET standard under CETA: A missed opportunity to restore the balance between private and public interests in the EU investment treaty landscape?, Antonin Sobek
21. The Notion of Investor under the Energy Charter Treaty: The Latest Developments in the Spanish Solar Disputes, Crina Baltag
22. Policy coherence and the promotion of foreign direct investment in the renewable energy sector: Lessons from Europe, Avidan Kent
23. Integrating Civil Liability Principles into International Investment Law: A Solution to Environmental Damage Caused By Foreign Investors?, Alessandra Mistura
24. Unanticipated Consequences: The Human Rights Implications of Bringing Sovereign Debt Disputes within Investment Treaty Arbitration, Juan Pablo Bohoslavksy and Edward Guntrip
25. Has ISDS Gone Rogue for Australia and New Zealand? CPTPP (C3PO), RCEP (R2D2) and Beyond, Amokura Kawharu and Luke Nottage
26. India's 2015 model bit against the backdrop of global ISDS reforms, Aveek Chakravarty