TY - BOOK ID - 143996212 TI - International Investment Law and Arbitration from a Latin American Perspective AU - Monebhurrun, Nitish AU - Olarte-Bácares, Carolina AU - Velásquez-Ruiz, Marco A. PY - 2024 SN - 3031493826 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Arbitration and award KW - Investments KW - Law and legislation KW - International law. KW - Trade regulation. KW - Mediation. KW - Dispute resolution (Law). KW - Arbitration (Administrative law). KW - Economic history. KW - International Economic Law, Trade Law. KW - Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration. KW - Economy-wide Country Studies. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:143996212 AB - The book brings to light how Latin American states have traditionally stood before the field of International Investment Law and Arbitration. It delves into their posture of resistance to critically examine how their perspective has gradually changed and how they have adapted and molded their investment agreements so as not to leave their position as players in the field of International Investment Law. Many Latin American states have appeared as defendants before international investment tribunals and some of these, like Venezuela, Bolivia or Ecuador, have denounced their international investment agreements. Deeming the law field as imbalanced, they have looked for alternatives to continue providing legal protection to foreign investors while protecting their right to regulate in the name of public interest. Some interesting investment agreements models, sometimes of a different ilk, have consequently flourished and have arrested the attention of those studying or working with international investment law. The main objective of this book is to critically discuss how Latin American states have accepted, resisted, or adapted themselves to international investment law and arbitration. Accordingly, the general connection between these states and international investment law are explained in an introduction which examines the general trends as per which Latin American states have offered a legal protection to foreign investments. The first part enters the merits of where international investment law and arbitration stand in some Latin American states whereby the experience of Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, and Uruguay are discussed. The following parts explain the trends in international investment law and arbitration in Latin America. These trends are namely related to dispute settlement and governance, to the connection between investment law and human rights and finally to regionalization. In these parts, the experience of states like Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico are perused. ER -