The Quest for Policy Space in a New Generation of International Investment Agreements

Suzanne A. Spears

Journal of International Economic Law, 2010, vol. 13, issue 4, 1037-1075

Abstract: One of the most important challenges facing the international investment law regime today is how to strike a balance between principles regarding the protection and promotion of foreign investment on the one hand and principles regarding the protection of society and the environment on the other. A number of states have made significant progress towards meeting that challenge by adding interpretive provisions, general exceptions clauses and new preambular language to a new-generation of international investment agreements (IIAs). If the serious substantive and procedural questions they raise can be answered satisfactorily, these new treaties may go a long way towards saving the international investment law from the legitimacy crisis it is currently experiencing. Oxford University Press 2010, all rights reserved, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2010
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