Research Handbook on Investment Law and Sustainable Development

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Research Handbook on Investment Law and Sustainable Development

9781789908923 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Chair in Sustainable Development Law and Policy, University of Cambridge and directs the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), UK, Ted Gleason, Associate Professor, Grenoble Ecole de Management, France and Sean Stephenson, Dentons Canada LLP
Publication Date: April 2025 ISBN: 978 1 78990 892 3 Extent: c 560 pp
This cutting-edge Research Handbook examines how investment law and policy can foster or frustrate sustainable development goals and accords. Expert authors explore opportunities for environmental, social, and economic rules to shape international investment flows, advancing global sustainability and justice.

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This cutting-edge Research Handbook examines how investment law and policy can foster or frustrate sustainable development goals and accords. Expert authors explore opportunities for environmental, social, and economic rules to shape international investment flows, advancing global sustainability and justice.

Featuring contributions from leading professors and practitioners, the Research Handbook analyzes innovative legal procedures including sustainability impact assessment, examines new treaty provisions advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and considers emerging practices in dispute resolution. Chapters evaluate evolving international investment rules in light of recent law and policy changes, outlining strategies for incentivising more sustainable development. Ultimately, they argue that international law can and should guide investment decisions which affect human rights, environmental protection and poverty eradication.

Presenting novel proposals, this Research Handbook is a crucial resource for scholars and practitioners in international investment law, environmental law, human rights law, and sustainable development law. Its insights will also benefit policy leaders in governments, tribunals and international organizations.
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‘This well-structured Research Handbook carefully reflects upon the transition from limited functions of international investment law securing the rule of law to fostering sustainable development in recent case law and modern agreements. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger leads an impressive contribution to this effect. It is a most valuable source and essential reading for all working on international economic law, environmental law and the Sustainable Development Goals.’
– Thomas Cottier, University of Bern, Switzerland
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