Law and Practice of Investment Treaties
About This Course
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1. Gain a comprehensive understanding of investment treaties and their role in protecting the interests of investors abroad and attracting foreign investment into host economies;
2. Analyze the legal and theoretical foundations of investor-State arbitration under investment treaties, exploring its growing prevalence in Asia and its significance in international legal practice;
3. Evaluate the practical application of investment treaties and investor-State arbitration through the examination of concrete cases, developing skills to assess their effectiveness in resolving investment disputes; and
4. Explore the utility of investment treaties as a tool of government policy, considering their impact on economic development, regulatory frameworks, and investor confidence in host economies.
What You'll Learn
This course examines the treaties used by States to protect the interests of their investors when making investments abroad and to attract foreign investment into host economies. It will pay particular attention to investor-State arbitration under investment treaties, which is increasingly becoming widespread in Asia and a growing part of international legal practice. It will examine not only the legal and theoretical underpinnings of these treaties and this form of dispute settlement, but also their practical application to concrete cases and their utility as a tool of government policy.
Entry Requirements
A good Bachelor's or Juris Doctor degree in Law