International investment law and history. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stephan W. Schill, Christian J. Tams, Rainer Hofmann.
• Editors: Schill, Stephan W; Tams, Christian J; Hofmann, Rainer
• Contents: Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgments; PART I Introduction; 1. International investment law and history: An introduction; PART II Objects and objectives of history; 2. Narrating narratives of international investment law: History and epistemic forces; 3. The first investor-state arbitration?T he Suez Canal dispute of 1864 and some reflections on the historiography of international investment law; 4. Understanding change: Evolution from international claims commissions to investment treaty arbitration 5. History and international law: Method and mechanism empire and usual rupture6. The challenges of history in international investment law: A view from legal theory; PART III Methodology and its challenges; 7. Resolving challenges to historica lresearch: Developing a project to define fair and equitable treatment; 8. The evolution of contractual protection in international law: Accessing diplomatic archives, discovering diplomatic practice, and constructing diplomatic history 9. The gust of wind: The unknown role of Sir Elihu Lauterpacht in the drafting of the Abs-Shawcross Draft Convention10. Enriching law with political history: A case study on the creation of the ICSID Convention; 11. A genealogy of censurable conduct: Antecedents for an international minimum standard of investor conduct; Index
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 384 pages)
• Subjects: 346/.092; LAW -- Commercial -- International Trade; Investments, Foreign (International law); Investment treaties & disputes; LAW -- Legal History; Legal history; Investments, Foreign (International law) -- History; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786439963; 1786439964
• Related ISBNs: 1786439956; 9781786439956
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 14, 2018).
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