National governance and investment treaties : between constraint and empowerment / Josef Ostřanský,... Facundo Pérez Aznar,...

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Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-1-316-51279-1

EAN : 9781316512791

Investissements étrangers -- Droit

Classification Dewey : 346/.092

Collection : Cambridge studies in international and comparative law / General ed. James Crawford,... David Johnston,. / London : Cambridge U.P , 1946-

Résumé / Abstract : Much of the existing accounts assume that investment treaties affect national governance. However, how exactly this happens has been subject to little analysis. Conventional accounts presume that these treaties improve national governance, leading to good governance and the rule of law for all. Critical accounts charge that investment treaties unduly empower foreign investors and cause a regulatory chill. On both accounts, investment treaties are expected to empower and constrain. Comparing extended case studies of Argentina, the Czech Republic, India and Mexico, this book shows how investment treaties influence national governance ideologically, institutionally, and socially