Bridging the Gap Between International Investment Law and the Environment: 4 (Legal Perspectives for Global Challenges) - Hardcover

This book addresses the topical question how national and international environmental concerns could be adequately integrated into international investment law. It covers the question whether international investment law restricts state sovereignty in an unacceptable way, in particular the freedom of host states to develop national policies and regulation for the improvement of the environment. This book first analyzes the interaction between international investment law and the protection of the environment on the basis of concepts such as sustainable development, fair and equitable treatment, and international responsibility. Secondly, several chapters discuss challenges which are encountered in attempts to integrate environmental concerns in investment policies in specific sectors and regions (e.g. climate change, water pollution, renewable and nuclear energy, and the European Union region). And, thirdly, specific case studies illustrate the legal and policy tensions between investment law and environmental protection, namely Vattenfall's disputes with Germany, legal clashes between Chevron and Ecuador, and multinational mining companies' conflicts in Indonesia.The contributions are written by international experts in this field and are of interest to valuable for policy makers and practitioners, who can use the insights provided as a guide in their work.

Yulia Levashova is a PhD candidate at Utrecht University and a researcher at the Center for Sustainability of Nyenrode Business University. The focus of her PhD research is the role of public interests in international investment law with a specific focus on the fair and equitable treatment standard. She also specializes in legal aspects of corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues. She was a visiting researcher at the European University Institute in Florence.Ige F. Dekker is Professor of International Institutional Law at the School of law of Utrecht University. His research focus is on constitutional aspects of the law of international and European organisations, institutional legal aspects of international financial and economic relations, the theory of international law and the relationships between international, regional and national law.Tineke E. Lambooy is Professor Corporate Law at Nyenrode Business University and Associate Professor Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at the School of Law of Utrecht University. She lectures on corporate law, corporate governance and CSR with a focus on multinational enterprises. The focus of her research is on the integration of sustainability in corporate organisations, business activities and global supply chains. Identifying legal barriers and exploring best corporate practices and best regulatory practices that support the implementation of CSR constitute part of her research projects.