02345nam a22003378a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002200224082001700246100002600263245014000289264005200429300005900481336002600540337002600566338003600592490006900628500007300697520104200770776003501812830007001847856007101917999001901988CR9781139600279UkCbUP20180107143410.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||121115s2013||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139600279 (ebook)  z9781107039391 (hardback)  z9781107538191 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aK3830 b.M55 201300a346/.0922231 aMiles, Kate,eauthor.14aThe Origins of International Investment Law :bEmpire, Environment and the Safeguarding of Capital / [electronic resource]cKate Miles. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (500 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aCambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law ;vno. 99  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aInternational investment law is a complex and dynamic field. Yet, the implications of its history are under explored. Kate Miles examines the historical evolution of international investment law, assessing its origins in the commercial and political expansionism of dominant states during the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries and the continued resonance of those origins within modern foreign investment protection law. In particular, the exploration of the activities of the Dutch East India Company, Grotius' treatises, and pre-World War II international investment disputes provides insight into current controversies surrounding the interplay of public and private interests, the systemic design of investor-state arbitration, the substantive focus of principles, and the treatment of environmental issues within international investment law. In adopting such an approach, this book provides a fresh conceptual framework through which contemporary issues can be examined and creates new understandings of those controversies.08iPrint version: z9781107039391 0aCambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law ;vno. 99.40uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139600279zCambridge Books Online  c236387d236387