Description: In light of the controversies surrounding the impact of investment treaties and arbitration, this book reflects on the major changes in the area of international investment law.
Review Quotes: "The book analyses how the investment treaty regime has changed and how it ought to be changing to reconcile private property interests and the state's duty to regulate in the public interest. The individual chapters address the contents of investment agreements, the system of dispute settlement, the interrelation of investment agreements with other areas of public international law, constitutional questions, and new regional perspectives from Europe, South Africa, the Pacific Rim Region, and Latin America." -- H. W. Micklitz, Journal of Consumer Policy