African perspectives in international investment law
Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu and Makane Moïse Mbengue
Abstract
This long-awaited volume featuring contributions from top African international lawyers and voices from the continent critically explores the notion of international investment law from an African perspective. It does so by confronting some of the very hard questions with regard to the relationship between international investment and development that have either eluded or not been properly addressed in contemporary scholarships. After many years of popularity, investment treaties have recently caused increasing concern among States, most prominently for the unbalanced nature of their content, ... More
This long-awaited volume featuring contributions from top African international lawyers and voices from the continent critically explores the notion of international investment law from an African perspective. It does so by confronting some of the very hard questions with regard to the relationship between international investment and development that have either eluded or not been properly addressed in contemporary scholarships. After many years of popularity, investment treaties have recently caused increasing concern among States, most prominently for the unbalanced nature of their content, the often inadequate safeguard of the regulatory powers of the host State and the shortcomings of international investment arbitration. Some States have upgraded their investment treaties, others have revised their investment treaty model, and others have opted for facilitation agreements. This innovative monograph critically explores all these contentious issues from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Keywords:
international investment treaty,
African perspective,
foreign direct investment,
investment and development,
public policy interest,
AfSIL Principles
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2020 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781526151278 |
| Published to Manchester Scholarship Online: September 2021 |
DOI:10.7765/9781526151285 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu, editor
University of Manchester
Makane Moïse Mbengue, editor
University of Geneva
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