01799nam a2200205Ia 4500020001800000100001600018245010400034260005000138300001700188500104100205650004101246650000801287650006601295650002101361650004401382856004601426942000801472999001701480952009601497  a9781139600279  aMiles, Kate 4aThe origins of international investment law :bempire, environment, and the safeguarding of capital  aCamridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013  axxvi, 464 p.  anternational 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.  a     Public International Law 92695  aLaw  aInternational Relations and International Organisations94109  aArbitration9516  aDispute Resolution and Mediation 94374  u https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139600279  cEBK  c10227d10227  001040718CUPEBaNUALSbNUALSceRd2022-05-24o346/.092pE56r2022-01-23w2022-01-23yEBK