Int'IInvestmentLawMultilateralFailures,Bilateral SuccessesAttraction of foreigninvestmentasastrategy of economic developmentCompetitionFriendship,commerce and navigationtreaties (FCN treaties);Morethen2,800BilateralInvestmentTreaties (BITs)
Int’l Investment Law ◼ Multilateral Failures, Bilateral Successes ◼ Attraction of foreign investment as a strategy of economic development ◼ Competition ◼ Friendship, commerce and navigation treaties (FCN treaties); ◼ More then 2,800 Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)
Sources of Law- Art.38 ICJ Statute1. The Court, whose function is to decide inaccordance with international law such disputesasare submitted to it, shall apply:a.international conventions..b.international custom, as evidence of a generalpracticeacceptedaslaw;C.the general principles of law recognized bycivilized nations;d. subject to the provisions of Article 59,judicialdecisions and the teachings ofthe most highlyqualified publicists of the various nations,assubsidiary means for the determination of rules oflaw
Sources of Law- Art. 38 ICJ Statute 1. The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply: a. international conventions.; b. international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law; c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations; d. subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations, as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law.
1)Treatiesmultilateralfailures（Abs-ShawcrossConvention, not accepted; MA;Singapore Issue)regionaltreaties (NAFTA Ch.11ASEAN, CAFTA eto)Sectoral treaties (1994 EnergyCharter Treaty)Bilateral investmenttreaties (BITs)T
1) Treaties - multilateral failures (Abs-Shawcross Convention, not accepted; MAI; Singapore Issue) regional treaties (NAFTA Ch. 11, ASEAN, CAFTA etc) Sectoral treaties (1994 Energy Charter Treaty) Bilateral investment treaties (BITs)