International Investment Law and Soft Law

Edited by Andrea K. Bjorklund, McGill University, Canada and August Reinisch, Professor Dr., Department of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna, Austria

• Contents:1. Introduction: The ILA Study Group on the Role of Soft Law Instruments in International Investment Law Andrea K. Bjorklund and August Reinisch2. Sources of International Investment Law Moshe Hirsch3. Soft Law in International Law: An OverviewMelaku Geboye Desta4. Assessing the Effectiveness of Soft Law Instruments in International Investment Law Andrea K. Bjorklund5. Soft Law Instruments in Environmental Law: Models for International Investment Law?Kate Miles6. Soft Law Codifications in the Area of Commercial Law Giuditta Cordero-Moss7. GATT/WTO Law and International Standards: An Example of Soft Law Instruments Hardening Up? Melaku Geboye Desta8. The Evolution of Investment Protection Based on Public International Law Treaties: Lessons to be Learned Christian Tietje and Emily Sipiorski9. Is the MFN Principle in International Investment Law Ripe for Multilateralization or Codification? Andreas R. Ziegler10. Is Expropriation Ripe for Codification? The Example of the Non-Discrimination Requirement for Lawful Expropriations August Reinisch11. Soft Codification of International Investment Law August Reinisch and Andrea K. BjorklundIndex

'[A] text that should be useful and interesting to readers outside the international investment community, and which is an excellent primer on soft law and its usefulness in international problem solving generally.'--Nicholas Turner, American Society of International Law'[T]he book covers an exceptionally wide range of issues in the process of examining the topic of investment law and soft law. If you're involved in investment law, or government investment treaty negotiations, or arbitration proceedings - or if you have an interest in international law and legal theory, you would do well to acquire this erudite and timely work of reference.'--Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine