Series page

pp ii-iv

General Interests of Host States in International Investment Law - Title page

pp v-v

Copyright page

pp vi-vi

Contents

pp vii-ix

Contributors

pp x-xiv

Editors’ preface

pp xv-xvi

Part I - General interests of host States in the application of investment treaties

pp 1-162

1 - The application of BITs in time of economic crisis

pp 3-25

2 - The protection of general interests of host States in the application of the fair and equitable treatment standard

pp 26-57

3 - Indirect expropriations and regulatory takings

pp 58-75

4 - Trade and investment law: what relations?*

pp 76-103

5 - On the evolution and slow convergence of international trade and investment law

pp 104-129

6 - Sovereign wealth funds as protected investors under BITs and the safeguard of the national security of host States

pp 130-162

Part II - The protection of non-investment concerns in international investment law

pp 163-262

7 - The integration of non-investment concerns as an opportunity for the modernization of international investment law

pp 165-193

8 - Intellectual property protection in investment agreements and public concerns

pp 194-217

9 - Up-keeping non-economic values in development assistance

pp 218-236

10 - The protection of indigenous peoples’ concerns in World Bank-funded projects

pp 237-262

Part III - The protection of general interests of host States and the EU as a new player in the investment arena

pp 263-354

11 - The future of BITs between EU Member States

pp 265-286

12 - European Union restrictions to the free movement of capital v. BITs guarantees

pp 287-307

13 - Ensuring the consistency of the EU investment policy within the EU external action

pp 308-324

14 - Non-financial concerns in the lending policy of the European Investment Bank in context

pp 325-354

Part IV - The protection of general interests of host States in the trade and investment context: other regional perspectives

pp 355-396

15 - The protection of general interests of host States in regional agreements in the Asia-Pacific Area*

pp 357-377

16 - The regulation of foreign investments in Mercosur

pp 378-396

Part V - The protection of general interests of host States from the Italian perspective

pp 397-444

17 - Italy’s treaty practice and case-law

pp 399-421

18 - Diplomatic intervention and State-to-State arbitration as alternative means for the protection of foreign investments and host States’ general interests

pp 422-444