Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2019

by Lisa Sachs (Editor), Lise Johnson (Editor), Jesse Coleman (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192650993
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	02/25/2021
Series:	Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	576
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

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

PART I: Year in Reviewa. Developments in Foreign Investment, . Developments in Foreign Investment1.. 2019 Trends in FDI Flows and Policy, Ilan Strauss2.. Financing for Sustainable Development in 2019: ESG Considerations 'Go Mainstream' and its Implications, Daniel D. Bradlow and Andria Naudé Fourie3.. Taxation of International Investment: The Search for Consensus, José Antonio Ocampo and Tommaso Faccio4.. Institutional Developments in International Investment Law and Policy, Joel Dahlquist5.. Home State Measures toward Foreign Investment, Geoffrey Gertz6.. Investment Facilitation Update: Initiative Among WTO Member Group Prepares for Twelfth Ministerial Conferenc, Sofia Baliño and Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder7.. Political Risk Insurance in an Age of Managed Trade, Wouter Schmit Jongbloed8.. International Investment Agreements 2019: A Review of Trends and New Approaches, Jesse Coleman, Lise Johnson, Ella Merrill, and Lisa Sachsb. Developments in Investor-State Arbitration9.. Recent Developments in ISDS: Jurisdiction and Admissibility: Procedure and Conduct, Catharine Titi10.. 2019 Developments in Investment Treaty Arbitration (Merits), Damien Charlotinc. Thematic Developments in Investment Policy11.. Environment, Climate, and Renewables, Kyla Tienhaara12.. ISDS and Intellectual Property in 2019: The Case of the Dog that Didn't Bark, Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss13.. Intersections Between Trade and Investment Law and Policy: The Common Causes Underlying the Crisis of Dispute Settlement, Federico Ortino and Maria Laura Marceddu14.. Developments in Investment and Human Rights in 2019, Nicholas J. Diamond15.. Investor -State Arbitration in the Extractive Industries in 2019, Zoe Phillips Williams16.. Land in International Investment Law and Dispute Settlement: Developments in 2019, Thierry Berger and Lorenzo Cotulad. Region Reports17.. Developments in International Investment Law and Policy in Asia, Chin Leng Lim18.. Developments in International Investment Law and Policy in the European Union, Hannes Lenk19.. Developments in International Investment Law and Policy in Latin America, Facundo Pérez-Aznar20.. Developments in International Investment Law and Policy in North America, Todd TuckerPart IICompensation with a Chess Clock? The Interaction of Statutes of Limitation with the Calculation of Damages in Investment Arbitration, Andrés Eduardo Alvarado GarzónThe United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA): A New Chapter in the Discussion about ISDS between Developed Countries, Juan Miguel AlvarezThe Promises and Pitfalls of Investor-State Mediation, Esmé ShirlowOpinion 1/17 and the Future of Investment Dispute Settlement: Implications for the Design of a Multilateral Investment Court, Catharine Titi