Economic crises, capital transfer restrictions and investor protection under modern investment treaties
Date
2008-03-24
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Oxford University Press
Abstract
The Asian and Russian financial crises in 1998 and the Argentine economic crisis of 2001 and the claims brought against some of the countries (in particular Argentina) by foreign investors have raised many international law questions, amongst which is the power of host states to impose capital controls that are inconsistent with their bilateral and multilateral investment treaty obligations and which adversely affected the rights of foreign investors.
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International Monetary Fund--IMF
Repatriation
Treaties
Investments
International law
Securities regulations
Economic crisis
Capital markets
Foreign investment
GATS
International trade
International markets
Protectionism
GATT
Arbitration
Journals
World War I
World War II
Jurisprudence
Jurisdiction
Transnationalism
Disputes
Investors
Investor
Gatt
Financial crisis
9180—International
1110—Economic conditions & forecasts
3400—Investment analysis & personal finance
4310—Regulation
1300—International trade & foreign investment
92812—International Affairs
Citation
Kolo, A. and Wälde, T. (2008) “Economic crises, capital transfer restrictions and investor protection under modern investment treaties,” Capital Markets Law Journal, 3(2), pp. 154 – 185.