The Role of Customary International Law in the Field of Foreign Investment

The Journal of World Investment and Trade, Vol. 8, No. 5, p. 691, 2007

26 Pages Posted: 19 Feb 2011

Date Written: October 2007

Abstract

This paper examines the formation and evolution of customary international law in the field of foreign investment (Parts II and III) and its various forms interaction with international treaties, focussing mainly on BITs (Parts IV to IX). Although a comprehensive study on the customary rules for the protection of foreign investment is beyond the purpose of this paper, the creation and evolution of some substantive customary rules as well as their interaction with treaty rules will be discussed.

Suggested Citation

Gazzini, Tarcisio, The Role of Customary International Law in the Field of Foreign Investment (October 2007). The Journal of World Investment and Trade, Vol. 8, No. 5, p. 691, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1763362

Tarcisio Gazzini (Contact Author)

University of Lausanne ( email )

LAUSANNE
Switzerland

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