Shawcross, H.W. Keywords: Foreign direct investment | Mots clefs: Investissement | ABSTRACT H.W. Shawcross devotes this discourse to the problem of foreign investment. The author advocates the conclusion of a multilateral treaty for the protection of foreign investment which would seek to reaffirm the most basic and fundamental principles accepted in this field, in particular the rules on compensation and the inviolability of contracts. H.W. Showcross consacre ce discours au problème des investissements à l'étranger. Il plaide pour la conclusion d'un traité …