F. I. Shihata, Ibrahim Keywords: Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency | Foreign direct investment | Protection | Mots clefs: Agence multilatérale de garantie des investissements | Investissement | Protection | ABSTRACT Ibrahim Shihata, Vice-President and General Counsel at the World Bank, proposes in his course a systematic study of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and its role in the legal treatment of foreign investment. After a historical review of the establishment of the agency, the author examine…

R. Parra, Antonio Keywords: International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes | Foreign direct investment | International arbitration | Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (Washington, D.C., 18 March 1965) | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course is centered on the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States, and the work of the organization established by the Convention (ICSID Convention), the International Centre for Se…

P. Felicjano, Florentino Keywords: Multinational enterprises | Foreign direct investment | Economic development | International law | Mots clefs: Entreprises internationales | Investissement | ABSTRACT Florentino Feliciano devotes his course to the Legal Problems of International Business Enterprise. In a first part of his course, the author presents the framework of this study, focuses on the process of the private foreign investment, then on the rights claimed in the context of the investment. In the second part of hi…

Sacerdoti, Giorgio Keywords: Foreign direct investment | Treaties | Mots clefs: Investissement | Traités | ABSTRACT In this course, Giorgio Sacerdoti examines and assesses the developments in bilateral treaties and recent initiatives as to multilateral instruments dealing with the promotion and protection of international investments. Investments from abroad have diversified in terms of type, sectors, and countries involved. These changes, in particular, have affected the role of developing countries as recipie…

B. Lamm, Carolyn Keywords: Foreign direct investment | International commercial arbitration | International arbitration | International dispute settlement | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes | International arbitral awards | Cases | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The point of this class is to address the situation of the legal profession under actual circumstances. As the business is global, the legal profession is too, and it is put under special regulations. The third chapter of the class points that internalizati…

Z. El Chiati, A. Keywords: Oil | Concessions | Foreign direct investment | Protection | Mots clefs: Pétrole et produits pétroliers | Concessions | Investissement | Protection | ABSTRACT A.Z. El Chiati, Legal Counsel at Amoco Corporation, in London, has set the objective to his course to examine the guarantees offered by governments of developing countries in Africa and Middle East to encourage exploration and exploitation of petroleum in their countries. In most cases, the State agrees to include protective clauses in their…

I. Nwogugu, E. Keywords: Foreign direct investment | International law | Mots clefs: Investissement | Droit international privé | ABSTRACT Professor Nwogugu devotes his course to the legal problems related to foreign investments of which the States are in great need. After a study of incentives to investments (especially legal incentives), the author focuses on the protection of foreign investment. He then proposes a review of investment contracts and reparations for injury to private property. The author then focu…

Sinjela, Mpazi Keywords: Developing countries | Patents | Trademarks | Copyright law | New varieties of plants | Traditional knowledge | Intellectual property | International trade | Foreign direct investment | Economic development | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT Intellectual property, through its different branches, is a promoter of wealth creation for national development, especially for developing countries. Intellectual property is to be understood as a tool for all kinds of development and an important tool for the acquisition of techn…

V. M. Struycken, A. Keywords: State contracts | Foreign direct investment | Lex fori | International arbitration | Public international law | International economic relations | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT Starting with an overview of international economic relations and foreign investments, this course aims to understand State contracts and international arbitration. It shows reflection on two main points that are essential to State contracts in private international law: the la…

Juillard, Patrick Keywords: Foreign direct investment | Sources of law | Law | Mots clefs: Investissement | Sources | Droit | ABSTRACT In this course, Patrick Juillard, Professor at the Univeristy of Paris I, does not investigate the evolution of investment law as such, but rather at the evolution of the sources of investment law. The course is split in two unequal parts, explains Professor Juillard, because after all, and from a chronological point of view, they cover two periods of unequal importance. Indeed, as th…

Leben, Charles Keywords: Foreign direct investment | State contracts | Law of contracts | Private international law | International arbitration | Mots clefs: Investissement | Contrats d'Etat | Droit des obligations | Droit international privé | Arbitrage international | ABSTRACT A contract of State, explains Professor Leben, is an official report drawn up between the State and a foreign body with regards to an international economic operation, that generally, but not necessarily, concerns an investment. This matter has evolved conside…

O. Adede, A. Keywords: Developing countries | Foreign direct investment | International financial law | Mots clefs: Pays en voie de développement | Investissement | Droit international financier | ABSTRACT O.A. Adede's course on Legal Trends in Lending and Investment in Developing Countries is divided into two parts. In the first part, the author examines trends in the legal framework for international lending in developing countries. In the second part, he focuses his attention on the legal aspects of transnational contract…

Enrique Alvarez, José Keywords: Foreign direct investment | Public international law | Legal regime | Economy | Globalization | Sovereignty | United States of America | Bilateral investment treaties | Argentina | Mots clefs: Investissements directs à l'étranger | Droit international public | Régime juridique | Economie | Mondialisation | Souveraineté | Etats-Unis d'Amérique | Traités bilatéraux d'investissement | Argentine | ABSTRACT This course considers the ramifications of the legal regime that governs transborder capital flows. This regime consists pri…