Public Health in International Investment Law and Arbitration Routledge Research in International Economic Law Series
Auteur : Vadi Valentina
Is a State free to adopt measures to protect the public health of its citizens? If so, what are the limits, if any, to such regulatory powers? This book addresses these questions by focusing on the clash between the regulatory autonomy of the state and international investment governance. As a wide variety of state regulations allegedly aimed at protecting public health may interfere with foreign investments, a tension exists between the public health policies of the host state and investment treaty provisions. Under most investment treaties, States have waived their sovereign immunity, and have agreed to give arbitrators a comprehensive jurisdiction over what are essentially regulatory disputes. Some scholars and practitioners have expressed concern regarding the magnitude of decision-making power allocated to investment treaty tribunals.
This book contributes to the current understanding of international investment law and arbitration, addressing the fundamental question of whether public health has and/or should have any relevance in contemporary international investment law and policy. With a focus on the ?clash of cultures? between international investment law and public health, the author critically analyses the emerging case law of investment treaty arbitration and considers the theoretical interplay between public health and investor rights in international investment law. The book also explores the interplay between investment law and public health in practice, focusing on specific sectors such as pharmaceutical patents, tobacco regulation and environmental health. It then goes on to analyze the available means for promoting consideration of public health in international investment law and suggests new methods and approaches to better reconcile public health and investor rights.
Introduction Part 1: Foreign Direct Investments and Public Health: Defining and Connecting the Two Fields 1. International Investment Law 2. Public Health in Contemporary International Law and Policy 3. The Interplay between Public Health and Foreign Direct Investments Part 2: The Interplay of Foreign Investment and Public Health in Practice 4. Access to Medicines and International Investment Law: Pharmaceutical Patents as Investments 5. Trademark Protection v. Tobacco Control in International Investment Law 6. The Environmental Health Spillovers of Foreign Direct Investment in International Investment Law Part 3: Reconciling Public Health with Investor Rights in International Investment Law 7. Reconciling Public Health with Investors’ Rights in International Investment Law: Substantive Aspects 8. Conclusions
Date de parution : 03-2014
15.6x23.4 cm
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Ajouter au panierDate de parution : 07-2012
Ouvrage de 256 p.
15.6x23.4 cm
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treaty; treaties; investor; state; arbitral; tribunal; foreign; direct; bilateral; rights; International Investment Law; Investment Treaty Arbitration; Investment Treaty; International Law; Public International Law; Investor State Arbitration; Arbitral Tribunals; ICSID Convention; Indirect Expropriation; Trip Agreement; Public Health Law; ICSID; Police Powers Doctrine; Jus Cogens Norm; Investment Treaty Provisions; Jus Cogens; FET; Contemporary International Investment Law; FET Standard; Global Administrative Law; International Law Instruments; Compulsory Licences; Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex; ICSID Award; Tobacco Control Measures