General Interests of Host States in International Investment Law

Part I. General Interests of Host States in the Application of Investment Treaties: 1. The application of BITs in time of economic crisis: limits to their coverage, necessity and the relevance of WTO law Giorgio Sacerdoti; 2. The protection of general interests of host states in the application of the fair and equitable treatment standard Mara Valenti; 3. Indirect expropriations and regulatory takings: what role for the 'legitimate expectations' of foreign investors? Anna De Luca; 4. Trade and investment law: what relations? Friedl Weiss; 5. On the evolution and slow convergence of international trade and investment law Jurgen Kurtz; 6. Sovereign wealth funds as protected investors under BITs and the safeguard of the national security of host states Michele Barbieri; Part II. The Protection of Non-investment Concerns in International Investment Law: 7. The integration of non-investment concerns as an opportunity for the modernization of international investment law: is a multilateral approach desirable? Pia Acconci; 8. Intellectual property protection in investment agreements and public concerns Antonietta Di Blasé; 9. Up-keeping non-economic values in development assistance. Does the World Bank practice what it preaches? Answers from the Inspection Panel Agostina Latino; 10. The protection of indigenous peoples concerns in the World Bank-funded projects Martina Guidi; Part III. The Protection of General Interests of Host States and the EU as a New Player in the Investment Arena: 11. The future of BITs between EU member states: are intra-EU BITs compatible with the internal market? Paola Mariani; 12. European Union restrictions to the free movement of capital vs. BITs guarantees: learning from the European Court of Justice case law Elsa Milanesi; 13. Ensuring the consistency of the EU investment policy within the EU external action: the relevance of non-trade values Alessando Perfetti; 14. Non-financial concerns in the lending policy of the European Investment Bank in context Emanuela Pistoia; Part IV. The Protection of General Interests of Host States in the Trade and Investment Context: Other Regional Perspectives: 15. The protection of general interests of host states in regional agreements in the Asia-Pacific area Claudio Dordi; 16. Domestic policies and international investment agreements in MERCOSUR countries Arno Dal Ri and Paulo De Alcântara Veloso; Part V. The Protection of General Interests of Host States from the Italian Perspective: 17. Italy's treaty practice and case law: what balance between investors' protection and general interests of states? Federico Ortino and Domenico Di Pietro; 18. Diplomatic intervention and state-to-state arbitration as alternative means for the protection of foreign investments and host states' general interests: the Italian experience Matilde Recanati.