The first bilateral investment treaties : U.S. postwar friendship, commerce, and navigation treaties /

This book is the first and only history of the U.S. postwar Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation (FCN) treaty program, and focuses on the investment-related provisions of those treaties. This author explains the original understanding of the language of this vast network of agreements which have bee...

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Main Author:	Vandevelde, Kenneth J. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation > United States. International and municipal law > United States. United States > Foreign relations > Treaties. United States > Commercial treaties. Droit international et droit interne > États-Unis. États-Unis > Accords commerciaux. LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Diplomatic relations International and municipal law Investments, Foreign > Law and legislation United States United States of America. Treaties of friendship, commerce and navigation. Bilateral investment treaties. Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Law. Electronic books. Commercial treaties Treaties Treaties. Traités.
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Summary:	This book is the first and only history of the U.S. postwar Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation (FCN) treaty program, and focuses on the investment-related provisions of those treaties. This author explains the original understanding of the language of this vast network of agreements which have been and continue to be the subject of hundreds of international arbitrations and billions of dollars in claims. It is based on a review of some 32,000 pages of negotiating history housed in the National Archives.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (575 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780190679583 0190679581 9780190679606 0190679603