The asean comprehensive investment agreement : The regionalisation of laws and policy on foreign investment

The International Investment regime is one of the fastest growing areas of international economic law which increasingly rely on large membership investment treaties such as the ASEAN comprehensive Investment Agreement. This book comprehensively examines the role of this specific agreement and situa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chaisse, Julien (Author)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar Publishing
Subjects:
Investments, Foreign
Table of Contents:
  • Table of cases
  • Table of legislation, treaties, conventions and other international instruments
  • 1. General introduction
  • PART I. MAPPING THE GROWTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
  • 2. ASEAN as an important investment destination
  • 3. Emergence of Asian noodle bowls of IIAs
  • 4. Recent phenomena : the rise of plurilateral agreements with wider scope
  • PART II. ACIA AS A MILESTONE IN ASEAN HISTORY
  • 5. The ASEAN Economic Community and the ASEAN Investment Framework
  • 6. ASEAN investment scenario
  • PART III. THE SUBSTANTIVE REGIME OF THE ACIA
  • 7. Investment liberalisation
  • 8. Scope of the agreement : the investment and the investor
  • 9. Principle of non-discrimination
  • 10. Standards of protection : protecting investors and investments
  • 11. Other substantive rules
  • 12. Exceptions under ACIA
  • PART IV. ACCESS TO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMS
  • 13 Dispute settlement
  • PART V. THE EMERGENCE OF AN ASEAN EXTERNAL INVESTMENT POLICY
  • 14. ASEAN+DP investment agreements
  • 15. Salient similarities and differences of ASEAN+DP PTAs
  • 16. Cross benefits of ACIA and ASEAN+DP PTAs
  • PART VI. CONCLUSION
  • 17 Conclusion
  • Annex 1. ACIA at a glance
  • Annex 2. The ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement
  • Annex 3. Important websites

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