This paper examines how the growing network of bilateral investment agreements and the arbitral practice have gradually shaped the content of international investment law. It is argued that the mere repetition of like provisions in a multitude of investment agreements is not by itself evidence...

The present chapter assesses the possibility of improving the framework of negotiations on international investment agreements, in particular from the viewpoint of developing and least-developed capital-importing countries. The chapter analyses the viability of deliberations on a multilateral...

This contribution seeks to provide clarity with respect to certain legal questions that have recently emerged in connection to the provisional application of the EU’s mixed trade and investment agreements. Thus, the EU may only provisionally apply those parts of a mixed agreement falling...

1. Introduction : foreign direct investment and human development / Olivier De Schutter, Johan Swinnen and Jan Wouters -- 2. International investment law : the perpetual search for consensus / Jan Wouters, Sanderijn Duquet and Nicolas Hachez -- 3. Foreign direct investment as an engine for...