Power in the International Investment Framework

Maria A. Gwynn is Oxford-Princeton Global Leader Fellow, and is affiliated to the University of Princeton, USA, and the University of Oxford, UK.

• Chapter 1. The Historical Developments of International Investments (Pre-BITs.- Chapter 2. Relative Power in the Regulation of International Investments at the Multilateral Level.- Chapter 3. BITs in Practice: An Empirical and Comparative Analysis of South American countries’ BITs.- Chapter 4. Governments’ Intentions and Reasons for entering BITs into force.- Chapter 5. Structural Power in the Regulation of International Investments at the Bilateral Level.- Chapter 6. Lessons for the US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).- Conclusion.