Essays about: "international investments law"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words international investments law.
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1. Charting fossil fuel investment protection in the EU beyond the Energy Charter Treaty
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : Under international law, foreign direct investments are protected by a patchwork of bilateral or multilateral investment treaties. International investment agreements have been criticised for protecting foreign direct fossil fuel investments and limiting the regulatory space of host states, thus creating obstacles for a green transition. READ MORE
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2. Komstroy: Invalidating investor-State Arbitration Under the Energy Charter Treaty in intra-EU Disputes : Manifesting the Principle of Autonomy of the EU Legal Order, the International Law Infraction and the Investors Caught in Between
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis analyses the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) recent ruling Komstroy on the compatibility between the EU Treaties and the investor-State arbitration mechanism contained in Article 26 of the multilateral 1994 Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). The Court determined that Article 26 ECT is inapplicable in intra-EU disputes, albeit the European Union (EU) being a Contracting Party to the ECT, because such alternative methods for dispute settlement threatens the autonomy of the EU legal order. READ MORE
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3. Regulating under IIAs - An Analysis of the Balance of the State’s Right to Regulate and Expropriation
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : States or regions conclude IIAs to protect and promote foreign investments, among other things, by prohibiting states’ from ‘taking’ or adopting measures equivalent to ‘taking’ the foreign investors’ property, known as expropriation. However, the state needs regulatory space, but how much is unclear and controversial. READ MORE
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4. Relations of Power and Democratic Accountability in Investor-State Arbitration
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : International investment agreements largely cover today’s transnational investments. These agreements confer certain substantive rights to foreign investors while simultaneously obliging host-states to act in a given manner so as to not interfere with the investments. READ MORE
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5. Achieving the 2030 Agenda: Can Development Finance Institutions Make the Impossible Possible? Empirical Analysis of the Relationship of Rule of Law and the Mobilization of Private Investments through Development Finance Institutions towards the 2030 Agenda
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : According to recent estimates, the implementation of the 2030 Agenda requires additional investments of USD 2.5 trillion USD per year. Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are designed to be one of the key players in mobilizing the required investments from the private sector. READ MORE
