For the past twenty-five years or so, there has been a running dispute between literary critics and linguists on the question of whether it is appropriate to apply linguistic methods -that is to say, methods derived from the discipline of linguisticsto the study of l i terature. There has been almost universal confidence among the linguistis that this activity is entirely justified; and almost ...

Abstract In recent years, several proposals by states to reform or displace investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) have gained prominence. While many factors shape which support, here we focus on one important, but often overlooked, factor: the ‘insider’ ‘outsider’ status of government officials who formulate states’ proposals. Based five years para-ethnographic observation and interviews wit...

Reiterated since the 1960s by consecutive yet ideologically different federal administrations, Brazilian resistance to international investor-State dispute resolution has been taken for granted in many arbitral circles, especially due a perception that Latin American country adhered Calvo and Drago Doctrines. This paper questions those assumptions as it analyzes neglected awards issued 1916 191...

Vietnamese Law on foreign investment contains all provisions related to in Vietnam and from businesses abroad. Although the policies have been regularly amended supplemented, some inadequacies affect attractiveness of as a destination. These are 2020 Investment provisions, 2012 Cooperatives, Decree No. 01/2021/ND-CP business registration compared with Enterprises, Civil Procedure 2015. Specific...

Abstract It is widely accepted that counterclaims may not be used as a means to exceed the limits of tribunal’s jurisdiction, while they must at same time closely connected other party’s claim. However, in particular context investment arbitration, these two propositions create tension has led problematic and unfair construction investor-State dispute settlement mechanism. This article explores...

This paper explores whether investor sentiment has an adverse impact on corporate investment decisions and whether such impact, if present, can be effectively mitigated by sound corporate governance mechanisms. The sample comprises listed firms in Taiwan between 2003 and 2010. Empirical results indicate that investor sentiment is significantly and positively related to amount of new investment ...

If the government has the ability and willingness to redistribute the surplus created by an external investor, why do we still observe resistance to such investment, sometimes in the form of destruction of productive assets? And how does such destructive action a¤ect a government’s “investor-friendliness”? In a simple model where di¤erent social groups have di¤erent and uncertain valuation of p...

Recent research documents that institutional or large investors act as antagonists to other investors by showing opposite trading behavior following disclosure of new information. Using an extremely comprehensive official transactions data set from Finland, we set out to explore the interrelation between investor size and behavior. More specifically, we test whether investor size is positively ...

Promulgated in 1981, the purpose of Agreement on Promotion and Protection Guarantee Investments among Member States Organization Islamic Conference (nowadays Cooperation) (the “OIC Investment Agreement” or “Agreement”) is to provide guidelines for treatment investments between member Organization. The provides investor compensation if State hosting investment breaches Agreement’s substantive te...

What do a Canadian ban on the exportation of hazardous wastes, California's remediation requirements for open-pit mines, and the Municipality of Lima's closure of a pasta factory have in common? They are all government measures that have been the subject of investor-state disputes resolved in international investment arbitration. The ability of foreign investors, as private actors in global pol...