China and international investment law : twenty years of ICSID membership / edited by Wenhua Shan and Jinyuan Su.
2015
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Title
China and international investment law : twenty years of ICSID membership / edited by Wenhua Shan and Jinyuan Su.
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Call Number
KNQ3202 .C449 2014
Former Call Number
Ch.P 600 C44 2015
ISBN
9789004279643 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004279644 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004279636 (e-book)
9004279644 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004279636 (e-book)
Description
xiv, 435 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)884243098
Note
Includes index.
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Table of Contents
List of Contributors
ix
Introduction / Jinyuan Su
1
pt. 1
Overarching Issues in International Investment Law
1.
ICSID and International Investment Treaty Arbitration: Progress and Prospects / Meg Kinnear
9
1.
Treaty Design
14
2.
Dispute Avoidance
16
3.
Application of Substantive Obligations
17
4.
Procedure
19
5.
Conclusion
22
2.
The Past, Present and Future of the International Law on Foreign Investment / M. Sornarajah
23
1.
The Past
23
2.
The Present
30
3.
The Future
40
3.
Judicial Administration of Justice in Multilevel Commercial, Trade and Investment Adjudication? / Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
56
1.
Introduction and Methodological Premises
56
2.
'Constitutional Justice' Protecting Human Rights: The European 'Kadi'- and 'Solange' Jurisprudence
68
3.
From 'Westphalian Justice' in the ICJ and the WTO to Multilevel Cosmopolitan Adjudication in HRL and IEL
70
4.
Lack of 'Cosmopolitan Justice' in WTO Jurisprudence? Need for Taking the Customary Rules of Treaty Interpretation More Seriously
76
5.
Does HRL Require Protecting WTO Law and Dispute Settlement as Cosmopolitan Legal Systems?
89
6.
Multilevel Judicial Protection of 'Cosmopolitan Justice' in Commercial and Investment Adjudication
97
7.
Conclusions: HRL Justifies 'Constitutional' and 'Cosmopolitan Approaches' to IEL and Adjudication
105
4.
The Development by States of Model Bilateral Investment Treaties / Chester Brown
116
1.
Introduction
116
2.
Introduction to BITs
118
3.
Historical Predecessors to the BIT
125
4.
Emergence of the (Model) Bilateral Investment Treaty
135
5.
Concluding Remarks
140
5.
Protection of the Investor's Legitimate Expectations: Intersection of a Treaty Obligation and a General Principle of Law / Shotaro Hamamoto
141
1.
Introduction
141
2.
"Tour d'horizon" of Arbitral Jurisprudence
142
3.
Legal Basis: A General Principle of Law
156
4.
Conclusion
168
pt. 2
Chinese Investment Treaties: Key Aspects
6.
Factors to be Considered for China's Future Investment Treaties / Yongjie Li
173
1.
Introduction
173
2.
China's BIT Practice
173
3.
Global Context
175
4.
China's Domestic Context
176
5.
Improvement of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
177
6.
Conclusion
179
7.
China's BIT's and Arbitration Practice: Progress and Problems / Norah Gallagher
180
1.
Introduction
180
2.
China's Changing Position on Investment Treaties
183
3.
China's Free Trade Agreement Policy
188
4.
Interesting Developments since China Signed the ICSID Convention
190
5.
China's Investment Treaty Arbitration Cases
208
6.
Conclusion
212
8.
China and International Investment Law: An Evolving Relationship / Martin Endicott
215
1.
The Evolving Relationship
217
2.
Promotion of Inward FDI
221
3.
Driving Factors behind China's Investment Treaty Program
227
4.
Concluding Comments
233
9.
The Chinese Investment Treaty Programme, Jurisdictional Challenges and Investment Planning: The Example of Chinese Outbound Investments in the Natural Resources Sector / Nils Eliasson
235
1.
Introduction
235
2.
Chinese Outbound Natural Resources Investments
237
3.
Investment Treaty Protection of Chinese Natural Resources Investments
238
4.
To What Extent is Investment Protection Strategies Employed by Chinese Companies Investing in the Natural Resources Sector
254
5.
Discussion
258
pt. 3
Chinese Investment Treaties: Key Negotiations
10.
The Chinese Investment Regime and the US-China BIT Negotiations / Eric Pekar
263
1.
Introduction
263
2.
The Evolution of China's Investment Treaty Regime
265
3.
BITs and the Chinese Legal System
271
4.
US Domestic Politics, National Security, and BITs
277
5.
Negotiating the US-China BIT
283
6.
Conclusion: Why Negotiate a BIT?
291
11.
The Evolution of EU Investment Law and the Future of EU-China Investment Relations / Catharine Titi
297
1.
The Status Quo of Investment Policymaking in the EU before and after the Entry-into-Force of the Treaty of Lisbon
300
2.
History of Chinese International Investment Law Policy and Practice
346
3.
A Prospective EU-China IIA
357
4.
China-EU Developments in a Broader Context
369
5.
Conclusion
370
12.
Instituting Investment Claims under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement / Leon E. Trakman
372
1.
Sources of the Investment Chapter
374
2.
Key Definitions
375
3.
Standards of Treatment
386
4.
Modelling Dispute Management under the TPPA
392
5.
Australia's Objection to Investor-State Arbitraion
402
6.
Conclusion
406
13.
Joint Interpretations under a Divided TPP Investment Chapter / Mark Feldman
408
1.
Introduction
408
2.
Origin and Status of the TPP Negotiations
410
3.
A TPP Investment Chapter should not Require Senior Political Level Participation for Joint Interpretations
413
4.
Joint Interpretations and the Dispute Settlement Section of a TPP Investment Chapter
420
5.
Conclusion
426
Index
429