This handbook is a very comprehensive collection of four volumes of original material designed to cover all aspects of international investment law and policy. Written by the world's leading experts, the chapters analyze key ideas and debates in relation to: international substantive investment law (Volume I), Investor-State Dispute Resolution (Volume II); interaction between international investment law and other areas of international law (Volume III); and new trends and challenges for international investment law (volume IV).
The Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy is a key reference source. This guide covers the most important conceptual questions in a logical, scientific, yet easy to understand way. It is based on a truly global vision that specifically insists on issues and developments relating to the global South. In this regard, the Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy provides an excellent modern treatment of international investment law, one of the fastest growing areas of international business law.
Professor Julien Chaisse, Professor Leïla Choukroune and Professor Sufian Jusoh are the chief editors of the Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy, a 1,500-page reference work that should be one of the most heavily influenced reference works internationally business law.
This handbook is a very comprehensive set of four volumes of original materials covering all aspects of international investment law and policy. Written by the world's leading experts, the chapters examine key ideas and debates related to: substantive international investment law (Volume I), investor-state dispute resolution (Volume II); Interaction between international investment law and other areas of international law (Volume III); as well as new trends and challenges for international investment law (Volume IV).
The manual contains more than 80 articles by leading experts (academics, lawyers, government officials), including Vivienne Bath, M. Sornarajah, Mélida Hodgson, Rahul Donde, Roberto Echandi, Andrew Mitchell, Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, Christina L. Beharry, Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, Leon Trakman, Prabhash Ranjan, Emmanuel Jacomy, Mariel Dimsey, Stavros Brekoulakis, Romesh Weeramantry, Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, David Collins, Damilola S. Olawuyi, Katia Fach Gomez, Jaemin Leeoottee Deva Luke Peldage , Rafael Leal-Arcas, James Nedumpara, Rodrigo Polanco, etc.
This handbook will be an indispensable reference work for students and scholars of international business law. Policy makers and researchers alike will find the Handbook on International Investment Law and Policy useful for years to come.
Dr. Julien Chaisse is a professor at the School of Law at the City University of Hong Kong. It is a globally recognized authority at the interface between international business law (trade, investments and taxes), international dispute resolution and transnational globalization law. His scholarship, which includes a dozen books and over 60 articles and book chapters, has created a sustained presence in academia and has even been cited by international courts and US courts. In 2021 he was awarded the prestigious Smit Lowenfeld Prize of the International Arbitration Club of New York for the best published article in the field of international arbitration. As a leading scholar in the field of international business law, he sits on the editorial boards of several major international journals and is currently co-editor of the Asia Pacific Law Review. He has taught in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region for nearly 20 years, has advised and directed three dozen students, and has taught more than a dozen undergraduate and graduate courses.
He is an experienced arbitrator and has ruled on more than 20 cases (some of which have been quoted and discussed in the international press). In addition, he is often called in as an expert on arbitration issues in international arbitration or enforcement proceedings before national courts. He is a sought-after advisor / expert by international organizations, governments, law firms and private investors. Advising international organizations and governments on questions of private and public international law (including concession agreements, special economic zones xxi, investment structuring, immunities of state and international organizations, WTO accession) and support in drafting laws in Austria, Azerbaijan, Canada, Ivory Coast, France, Georgia , Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan and Vietnam. Before joining City University School of Law, Dr. Chaisse at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2009-2019), where he was Director of the Research Center and PhD. and M.Phil. Program Director.
Previously, he was deputy head of the rules analysis team for multilateral trade and investment agreements at the World Trade Institute (Switzerland, 2006-2009), lecturer at the elite school Sciences Po Aix (France, 2004-2006) and as a junior lawyer for the French Foreign Ministry in New Zealand. Delhi (French Embassy in India, 2001-2004).
Leïla Choukroune is Professor of International Law and Director of Democratic Citizenship at the University of Portsmouth. His research focuses on the interactions between international trade and investment law, human rights, development research, law and social theory. It has been used in the Global South for 20 years, particularly in India, South Asia, China and East Africa. He has published approximately 100 academic articles, book chapters, and special editions of journals in English, French, Spanish, and Chinese. She is also the author of more than 10 books, including Judging the State in International Trade and Investment Law (2016), Exploring Indian Modernities (2018), Adjudicating Businesses in India (2021), and International Economic Law (2021).
He is editor of the book series Springer International Law and the Global South (https://www.springer.com/serie/13447?detailsPage¼titles-) and the book series Routledge Human Rights, Citizenship and the Law (https: / / www .routledge. com / Studies-in-CitizenshipHuman-Rights-and-the-Law / Book Series / HRLCITIZE NSHIP). He is also co-editor of the Manchester Journal of International Economic Law (https://www.electronicpublications.org/catalogue.php?id¼48#board) xxii About the editors and member of the editorial committees of the leading journals China Perspectives and Chinese Perspectives. He is working on the creation of a new journal on international law and development with a focus on the Global South.
He publishes regularly in the global media and has given numerous interviews about his research and its impact. Together with Professor James Nedumpara, he is co-chair of the South Asia International Economic Law Network (SAIELN), an academic society dedicated to promoting research and publication in international business law. He has taught graduate and postgraduate students in all disciplines of international law, as well as specialized executive courses and programs in Europe, Asia, and Africa. In addition, he has supervised and managed a very large number of students at master's and doctoral level. Professor Choukroune is a regular as an independent expert on international business law as well.
