| International investment law |
| Section A: Evolution of the law of foreign investment |
| · Origins of the law of foreign investment: the early years |
| · National standards v. international minimum standard |
| · National treatment and the Calvo doctrine |
| · The duty to compensate and the Hull formula |
| Section B: International efforts to regulate foreign investment |
| · United Nations efforts |
| · Efforts made by the World Bank |
| · OECD efforts |
| · The role of the World Trade Organization |
| Section C: Regulation under bilateral and regional investment treaties (BITs) |
| · Origins of BITs |
| · The content of BITs |
| · Significance of BITs |
| · Regional treaties: NAFTA |
| Section D: The case-law on the treatment of foreign investment |
| · Fleshing out of the principles of the law of foreign investment |
| · Definition of expropriation and nationalization |
| · Determination of the quantum of compensation |
| · Extending the frontiers of expropriation |
Sequence:
Section A first, followed by Section B. |
Textbooks:
M. Sornarajah, The International Law on Foreign Investment 2nd ed (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), ISBN: 9780521545563 |
Peter T. Muchlinski, Multinational Enterprises and the Law (Oxford: Blackwell, 1999),
ISBN: 9780631216766 |
