The Regulation of the Global Water Services Market

Julien Chaisse is Professor at the Faculty of Law and Director of the Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is an award-winning specialist in international economic law with particular expertise in the regulation and economics of foreign investment.

• List of contributors; Foreword Laurence Boisson De Chazournes; 1. Introduction Julien Chaisse; Part I. International Economic Law in Motion: Rules, Issues and Disputes: 2. Are investments in water different? Sectoral economics, investment treaty architecture, and the role of governance N. Jansen Calamita; 3. The erosion of the concept of public service in water concessions: evidence from investor-state arbitration Fernando Dias Simões; 4. International investment agreements and water resources management Aline Baillat; 5. Water is not medicine: the tension between access to water and intellectual property rights in the area of water technologies Bryan Mercurio and Antoine Martin; Part II. Challenge of Balancing Economic and Non-Economic Policy Objectives: 6. Right to water in the shadow of trade liberalization Chien-Huei Wu and Helen Hai-Ning Huang; 7. Protecting the human right to water through the regulation of multinational enterprises Markus Krajewski; 8. Water and sanitation services in international trade and investment law: for a holistic human rights based approach Leila Choukroune; 9. Foreign governmental suppliers' investment: profit or aid? The case study of a Japanese city water bureau Shintaro Hamanaka; 10. The drip, drip of depletion: solving the tragedy of the commons in global water usage Bryan Druzin; Part III. Regional Patterns in the Law of Water Services: 11. The regulation of water services in the European Union internal market Panagiotis Delimatsis; 12. External competences of the EU in the field of water services trade and regulation Christoph Herrmann; 13. Fragmentation of water policies in ASEAN: potential role of the ASEAN community Sufian Jusoh, Hayatunnisah Sulaiman, Suzarika Sahak and Karamjit Singh; 14. Water management in Central Asia: the role of energy, trade and investment law Anatole Boute; 15. Conclusion: 'Blue Gold' regulatory and economic challenges Pierre Sauvé; Bibliography; Index.

'The main scientific value of this book rests on two factors. On the one hand is the analysis of the problems arising in every stage of the water cycle connecting domestic and non-domestic dimensions. On the other hand are legal solutions to issues and challenges without losing sight of the role of water in the securitization discourse. The book also offers new insights for future research in different academic fields. The Regulation of the Global Water Services Market is a book of utmost scientific value, primarily because of its comprehensive accuracy and the quality of legal discussions presented. Legal petitioners, political decision-makers, members of international organizations dealing with water-related issues, international entrepreneurs, academics and students looking to learn more about the complexity of water regulatory regimes are among those who will greatly benefit from this book.' Francisco Jose Leandro, Foreign Trade Review