This working paper brings together a diverse group of scholars to discuss the historiography of capitalism, business history and global governance and lay the foundations for further research in this area. Grace Ballor and Sabine Pitteloud open the discussion with a historiographical survey of...

In this article I propose to see the history of the international law on foreign investment as about the diffusion of investor rights as much as the resistance to investor obligations. My argument is that the divide between investment protection and the responsibility of foreign investors is one...

The laws that govern the allocation and use of resources can not only annihilate individual property rights but also destroy community. Locals' participation in decisions about property is therefore vital. This article argues that local populations currently have a limited voice in foreign...

Latin Americans have sought to contribute to the content of international economic law since at least the late nineteenth century, longing to be both the authors and addressees of international law. As a principal contribution to a new international economic order (NIEO), the 1974 Charter of...

Spanish Abstract: Esta contribución tiene por objetivo analizar el rol de la academia latinoamericana de derecho internacional económico frente al orden económico global. Gran parte de los problemas que hoy sufren los latinoamericanos se vincula a la globalización económica. Condiciones...

This second edition of this publication provides an overview of important contemporary issues relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational enterprises for all those who are interested in this subject, but are not always in a position to follow diverse perspectives and what is...

By purporting to depoliticize markets, international economic law complicates solutions to precarity and inequality within and between states and regions. Separating out markets from ordinary politics, the novel legal orders of trade and investment choose winners and losers, determining who will...

International investment law is relational. It is about how we define and govern the relationship between the actors involved in and affected by foreign investment projects. Most international investment law literature confirms the relational nature of this field. The scholarship has analyzed...