Trade Agreements, Investment Protection and Dispute Settlement in Latin America
Material type: TextPublication details: The Netherlands Kluwer law 2019Description: xxvii, 413 p. 25 cmISBN:- 9789041182333
- General Legal Aspects of Trade Agreements, Investment Protection and Dispute Resolution in the Americas
- The Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR)
- The Changing Scenario of Economic Cooperation in Latin America: New Initiatives and New Actors
- Dispute Settlement in the North American Free Trade Agreement: Past, Present and Future
- Dispute Settlement in the Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement
- The Central American Integration System and Dispute Settlement
- Dispute Settlement in the Andean Community
- International Dispute Settlement, International Economic Law and American States
- Investment Dispute Settlement
- Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America
- Foreign Direct Investment and Dispute Resolution in Latin America
- Trade in Context: Latin American Countries and the WTO
- The Role of Latin American States in the World Trading System
- Regional Trade Agreements in the Americas
- Dispute Settlement in Trade Agreements
- 341.62 GIU
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Trade Agreements, Investment Protection and Dispute Settlement in Latin America analyses the evolution and current landscape of dispute settlement in trade and investment agreements in the Americas. In recent years many Latin American countries have liberalized their trade and investment regimes, opening their markets to free international trade. At the same time, regional economic integration has boomed. This book is the first systematic analysis in any language of these globally significant developments, and the first comprehensive legal study of dispute settlement relating to foreign direct investment and trade in the region. The book looks beyond focusing on formalized dispute settlement mechanisms to underline other techniques such as alternative dispute resolution channels, including dispute prevention practices. In proposing solutions to the current challenges, the book taps into the precedents and practice, stressing the relevant domestic and international case law on dispute resolution applicable to these treaties.
Undertaken by an expert in the field, this study describes the current institutional framework of Latin American trade and investment law as well as specialized legal issues in the region’s various economic blocs. Among the many issues and topics raised, the following may be mentioned:
questions of compliance and procedure in the context of today’s international investment regime;
formalized dispute settlement mechanisms;
alternative dispute resolution channels, including dispute prevention practices;
legitimacy and transparency of the various dispute settlement mechanisms;
inclusion of social clauses in trade and investment agreements; and
avoidance of investment treaty liability.
In order to offer a most accurate view of the effectiveness of the protection granted to foreign investors, special attention is given to relevant case law – completely covering the period 1985–2015 – as well as arbitral precedents before international bodies and in jurisdictions across the region. The book concludes with a critical examination of the future prospects of international economic law dispute settlement in the Americas, pinpointing current trends and unveiling future possible avenues for change
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