The politics of investment treaties in Latin America /
This book provides a timely examination of different governments' response to investor claims. It focuses on Peru, Argentina, and Ecuador, countries that responded very differently to waves of investor claims.
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2022]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- 1 Introduction to the Politics of Investment Treaties
- The Legitimacy Crisis in International Investment Law
- Reforming International Investment Law
- Latin America
- The Puzzle
- Chapter Outline
- 2 Policy Horizons
- Defining Infringement
- Conventional Explanations
- The Theoretical Framework
- Conditions
- Moving Forward
- 3 The Contested History of Investment Treaties in Latin America
- Self-Help and a Duty of Care
- Liberal Compromise and the Calvo Doctrine
- Neoliberal Consensus and its Breakdown
- New Ideas?
- 4 Argentina: Pragmatic Opposition
- Menemismo and Treaty Formulation
- The Left Turn
- On the Merits
- Old Bottles
- Eroding Reform Preferences
- Pragmatic Opposition
- 5 Ecuador: Paradigmatic Change
- The Bumpy Road to Neoliberal Reform
- Warning Signs
- Change and Contradiction
- Through the Exit
- Rupture: Paradigmatic Reform
- 6 Peru: Reluctant Reform
- Treaty Formulation and the Fujishock
- Change and Continuity
- Risk Signals
- Embedded Rights
- The First Wave
- De-Politicizing Investor Rights
- Inertia: Incremental Reform
- 7 Conclusion
- Infringement
- The Drivers of Reform Preferences
- The Future of International Investment Law
- Appendix 1: Argentina Investor-State Dispute Settlement Cases by Sector and Outcome
- Appendix 2: Ecuador Investor-State Dispute Settlement Cases by Sector and Outcome
- Appendix 3: Peru Investor-State Dispute Settlement Cases by Sector and Outcome
- References
- Index