Global Public Interest in International Investment Law: 90
Author(s): Andreas Kulick (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 12 July 2012
Language: English
Print length: 412 pages
ISBN-10: 1107021766
ISBN-13: 9781107021761
Book Description
The strengths of international investment law – above all, a strong focus on investor interests and an effective adjudication and enforcement system – also entail its weaknesses: it runs the danger of impeding or even sanctioning the host states’ legitimate regulatory interests and ignoring other fields of public international law. How does it cope with public interest concerns such as human rights, the environment or the fight against corruption? At the heart of this book lies a fresh approach towards a general theory of such global public interest considerations in the investment realm. Delineating how and why those considerations matter, and why the current system does not accommodate them properly, Andreas Kulick fleshes out general principles and customary international law as defences the host state may raise against alleged investor rights infringements and promotes proportionality as the appropriate balancing mechanism.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘The distinguishing feature of this contribution, making it both original and valuable, is the different perspective adopted in conceptualising what modern investment law should be like. Unlike most scholarly writings in the area, focusing their analysis on the classical divide between investor and State interests in investment law and arbitration, this study tries to find a model for striking the balance between the interests of the public and those of the individual.’ Rumiana Yotova, British Yearbook of International Law
‘Kulick’s study is ambitious, sophisticated, and courageous … this book is a bold attempt to develop a theoretical basis for putting public interest considerations back on the map.’ Wonjoo Choe, International Law and Politics
Book Description
Outlines a general theory of whether and how to include public interest concerns in the realm of international investment law.
About the Author
Andreas Kulick is an associate at the public international law and investment arbitration practice group of Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton in Paris and is admitted to the German bar. He studied in Freiburg, Geneva (HEID), Berlin (Humboldt University) and New York (New York University). Dr Kulick has been a visiting fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and holds a PhD in public international law from the University of Tübingen. His main research interests are public international law, international investment law and arbitration as well as comparative constitutional law.
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