An Introduction to International Investment Law

By David Collins

2016

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This insightful and accessible introduction provides students and practitioners with a comprehensive overview of the increasingly important discipline of international investment law. Focusing primarily on the legal principles contained in the growing body of international investment agreements, this book covers the core concepts of the discipline with attention given to their relation to each other and to the manner in which they have been developed through arbitration case law. The context of each legal principle is explored along with a consideration of some of the major debates and emerging criticisms. Avoiding extensive case extracts, this book adopts an engaging and succinct narrative style which allows readers to advance their understanding of the topic while examining the legal principles with academic rigour and discerning commentary.

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Author

David Collins

Author · 2 books

Professor David Collins teaches and researches in the field of international economic law specializing in the law of the World Trade Organization and international investment law at a central London university and also heads his institution's Digital Trade Research Group. He is a Solicitor of England & Wales and is admitted to the Bars of Ontario and New York. David is Co-Editor in Chief of the journal International Trade Law and Regulation and Series Editor for Routledge Insights on International Economic Law. David has been a visiting researcher at law schools in the US, Spain, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Australia, Russia, Hong Kong and Japan. In 2018 the Government of Canada nominated David to the roster of panelists for NAFTA (now USMCA) binational Trade Remedies disputes. More recently he was appointed to the Academic Advisory Council of the research forum Politeia and became an output assessor for the Law sub-panel for the 2021 REF. He has been a member of the International Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales since 2009. David's first work of fiction - the Savage Season - is a historical thriller pitting humanity against the elements, the tides of war, and a lone prehistoric creature surviving into the early 20th century.