Lorenzo Cotula

Human Rights, Natural Resource and Investment Law in a Globalised World

Shades of Grey in the Shadow of the Law

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how the law protects the different and competing interests that are brought into contact by foreign investment projects in Africa. It draws on international investment and human rights law, on the national law of selected jurisdictions and on the contracts concluded for a large investment project to consider the legal frameworks regulating the growing investment flows to Africa. The book relates the findings of this legal analysis to an analysis of negotiating power between different holders of legally protected rights (investors, local people affected by the investment), exploring whether any differences in legal protection tend to counter, or reinforce, asymmetries in negotiating power. The outcome is a thorough legal analysis that is directly anchored to social processes and that provides insights into the relationship between law and power in a globalised world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780415609906
• ISBN-10: 0415609909
• Artikelnr.: 57043355

Autorenporträt

Dr Lorenzo Cotula is a Senior Researcher in Law and Sustainable Development at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The conceptual framework: Property rights, negotiating
power 3. Universal rights and differentiated rules: The international
protection of property rights under human rights and investment law 4.
Property rights and natural resource investments under national law in
Africa 5. Property rights at two speeds: Contractual arrangements,
standards of treatment and the dynamics of property rights 6. Conclusion