25 March 2021

 

The Law of Investment Treaties

Third Edition

Jeswald W. Salacuse

Oxford International Law Library

  • Provides a complete and systematic overview of the field of investment treaty law, from one of its leading scholars and practitioners
  • Examines issues which are common across virtually all investment treaties, including the scope of application, conditions for the entry of foreign investment, and general standards of treatment of foreign investments
  • Includes analysis of all major developments in investment treaty law since the previous edition, such as the conclusion of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTTP), and the replacement of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)

New to this Edition:

  • Incorporates new sections on treaty entry into force, provisional application of investment treaties, investment facilitation, and monetary transfers
  • Assesses the impact of important developments in the field since the previous edition, including the termination of over 100 intra-EU BITs in 2020
  • PUBLICATION DATE: 18 April 2021- ISBN: 9780198850953 - EXTENT: 640 PAGES

The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of Global Security

 

The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of Global Security

Edited by Robin Geiß and Nils Melzer

Oxford Handbooks

  • A comprehensive and systematic overview of the relationship between international law and global security challenges
  • Addresses recent debates about the relationship between public international law and global security, evaluating the effectiveness of the law in contributing to sustainable global security governance
  • Major areas of coverage include armed conflict, human rights, the environment, and technology
  • Assesses the role of international organizations and other institutional actors in the global security architecture
  • PUBLICATION DATE: 16 April 2021 - ISBN: 9780198827276 - EXTENT: 2200 PAGES 

The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law

 


The Right to a Fair Trial in International Law

Amal Clooney and Philippa Webb
  • Provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of international jurisprudence relating to the right to a fair trial
  • Distils international standards on the basis of a diverse range of sources, including international and regional treaties, case law of international courts and tribunals, and decisions of international human rights bodies
  • Considers the practical scenarios that arise in trials that implicate this fundamental right
  • PUBLICATION DATE: 11 April 2021 - ISBN: 9780198808398 - EXTENT: 1056 PAGES 


The Justification of War and International Order: From Past to Present

 

The Justification of War and International Order: From Past to Present 


Edited by Lothar Brock and Hendrik Simon

The History and Theory of International Law

  • Offers a broad historical and geographical perspective to explore the justification of war on a global scale
  • Brings together leading scholars from international political and legal history, international law, international relations/peace and conflict studies, philosophy, and international political theory
  • PUBLICATION DATE: 11 April 2021 - ISBN: 9780198865308 - EXTENT: 560 PAGES 

Investment Treaties and the Legal Imagination: How Foreign Investors Play By Their Own Rules

 

Investment Treaties and the Legal Imagination

How Foreign Investors Play By Their Own Rules

Nicolás M. Perrone

  • An innovative contribution to the debate on international investment law, one of the most controversial areas of the global economic order
  • Explores the contribution that business leaders, bankers, and international lawyers made to international investment law in the 1950s and 1960s, showing the continuity between their legal imagination and present investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) practice
  • Analyzes foreign investor rights using a transnational and socio-legal approach to property rights and contracts
  • Provides a new perspective on influential ISDS awards, including recent cases involving local communities
  • PUBLICATION DATE: 11 April 2021 - ISBN: 9780198862147 - EXTENT: 272 PAGES