Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2005
Journal
U.C. Davis Journal of International Law & Policy
Volume
12
Issue
1
First Page
47
Last Page
100
Abstract
The number of investment treaties has surged in the past decade. Even now, the United States and Canada are actively engaged in programs designed to facilitate the completion of multilateral treaties such as the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) and Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs). These investment treaties act like economic bills of rights, which grant foreign investors substantive protections and procedural rights to facilitate investment. Sovereigns, meanwhile, may benefit from these treaties by obtaining increased foreign direct investment, which may promote the development of their country's infrastructure 6 and offer citizens basic services including access to clean water, electricity and roads.
Recommended Citation
Susan Franck,
The Nature and Enforcement of Investor Rights under Investment Treaties: Do Investment Treaties Have a Bright Future,
12
U.C. Davis Journal of International Law & Policy
47
(2005).
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Comments
Symposium: Romancing the Foreign Investor: BIT by BIT