Table of Contents
Contents: Series preface; Introduction. Law and Foreign Investment: Concepts and Issues: Effective legal systems and foreign direct investment: in search of the evidence, Amanda Perry; BIT by BIT: the growth of bilateral investment treaties and their impact on foreign investment in developing countries, J.W. Salacuse; The political economy of a bilateral investment treaty, Kenneth J. Vandervelde. Dispute Settlement: International development law as applicable to economic development agreements: a prognostic view, A.F.M. Maniruzzaman; The innovation of investor-state arbitration under NAFTA, Barton Legum. Regulating the Multinationals: The concept of the good corporate citizen in international business, Samuel K.B. Asante; Rights, responsibilities and regulation of international business, Sol Picciotto; Current developments: norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights, Davis Weissbrodt and Muria Kruger); Human rights and multinationals: is there a problem?, Peter T. Mulchinski. Foreign Investment in the World Trade Organisations: A first look at investment in the final act of the Uruguay round, Pierre Sauvé; The GATT agreement on trade related investment measures: implications for developing countries and their relationship with transnational corporations, Oliver Morrissey and Yogesh Rai. An International Agreement for Investment?: Multilateral agreement in investment (MAI), Saman Zia-Zarifi; Multilateral rules on FDI: do we need them? Will we get them? A developing country perspective, Stephen Young and Anna Teresa Tavares. The Regulation of Foreign Investment and the Public Interest: Striking a Balance?: Environmental regulation, investment protection and 'regulatory taking' in international law, Thomas Wälde and Abba Kolo); NAFTA's investment chapter: initial thoughts about second-generation rights, Charles H. Brower II . Regional Perspectives: The new partnership for Africa's development
