Foreign investment in the energy sector : : balancing private and public interests / / edited by Eric de Brabandere and Tarcisio Gazzini.

• TeilnehmendeR: Brabandere, Eric de,; Gazzini, Tarcisio,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2014.; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff International Investment Law Series 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Foreign investments in the energy sector raise formidable legal questions, often requiring a delicate balance between private and public interests of the various stakeholders. Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector: Balancing Private and Public Interests opens with a discussion of the legal protection of foreign investment in the main segments of the energy sector (namely oil, gas, mining and hydroelectric industry), both in substantive and procedural terms. This second part of the book focuses on the Energy Charter Treaty, by far the most important international legal instrument in the energy sector, and its future after the decision of the Russian Federation not to ratify it. In its third part, the book examines four critical areas that are often negatively concerned by economic activities by multinational in the energy sector, namely compliance with safety and labour standards, protection of the environment, respect of indigenous peoples rights, and protection of public health. Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector: Balancing Private and Public Interests , a comprehensive collection of essays from experts and practitioners, offers an important new resource to the field.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Graham Coop -- 1 FDI in the Energy Sector: Recent Trends and Policy Issues / Joachim Karl -- 2 Multiple Investment Regimes for Russian Subsoil Resources: Work in Progress or Utopia? / Andrey A. Konoplyanik -- 3 International Law and Foreign Investment in Hydroelectric Industry: A Multidimensional Analysis / Attila Tanzi -- 4 Energy Charter Treaty: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives / Tarcisio Gazzini -- 5 The Settlement of Investment Disputes in the Energy Sector / Eric De Brabandere -- 6 Energy, Environment and Foreign Investment / Makane Moïse Mbengue and Deepak Raju -- 7 Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights / Federico Lenzerini -- 8 The Tripartite Dimension of Conflicts of Interests: Workers, Foreign Investors and Host States in the Energy Sector / Yannick Radi -- 9 Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector and Public Health / Valentina Vadi -- Foreign Investment in the Energy Sector: Lessons for International Investment Law / Stephan W. Schill -- Index.