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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2022
      August 2022
      ISBN:
      9781009153515
      9781009153492
      9781009153508
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009153515
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 256 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.38kg, 256 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Public International Law, Law, International Relations and International Organisations, Economic Development and Growth
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
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    Subjects:
    Economics, Public International Law, Law, International Relations and International Organisations, Economic Development and Growth
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
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    This book aims to connect narratives associated with the past to the international regime that protects property and contract rights of foreign investors. The book scrutinizes justifications offered to sustain practices associated with colonialism, imperialism, civilized justice, debt, and development, revealing that a number of the rationales offered in support of investment law disciplines replicate those arising out of this discredited past. By revealing these linkages, the book raises concerns about investment law's premises. It would appear that the normative foundations for today's regime reproduces discursive practices that are less than compelling. The book argues that citizens deserve something more than historically discredited reasons to justify the exercise of power over them – something more than mere pretext.

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