Advanced Introduction to International Investment Law (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) - Softcover

Reinisch, August

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783474513 ISBN 13: 9781783474516

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.

Written from a public international lawyer's perspective, this short but significant book gives a broad overview of international investment law (IIL), explaining core concepts of investment protection, their evolution, and how investment tribunals have interpreted them. It examines the main features of the prevailing investment dispute settlement system and takes into account historic antecedents and possible future developments. August Reinisch facilitates easy access to the field by putting international investment law into its broader historical, political and legal context.

Key features include:

• a combination of academic and practical perspectives
• a broad-based contextual introduction
• a nuanced, integrated overview of the links and connections between different areas of international investment law.

This Advanced Introduction is an indispensable guide for students of law, political science, international relations and economics. Comprehensive and accessible, it is essential reading for lawyers, scholars and policy advisors seeking to further their understanding of international investment law.

About this title

About the Author

August Reinisch, Professor Dr., Department of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna, Austria

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783474513
• ISBN 13: 9781783474516
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160