Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.

Written from a public international lawyer's perspective, this short but significant book gives a broad overview of international investment law (IIL), explaining core concepts of investment protection, their evolution, and how investment tribunals have interpreted them. It examines the main features of the prevailing investment dispute settlement system and takes into account historic antecedents and possible future developments. August Reinisch facilitates easy access to the field by putting international investment law into its broader historical, political and legal context.

Key features include:

• a combination of academic and practical perspectives
• a broad-based contextual introduction
• a nuanced, integrated overview of the links and connections between different areas of international investment law.

This Advanced Introduction is an indispensable guide for students of law, political science, international relations and economics. Comprehensive and accessible, it is essential reading for lawyers, scholars and policy advisors seeking to further their understanding of international investment law.

About the Author
August Reinisch, Professor Dr., Department of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna, Austria

Reviews
'This book is a real feat. The basics, and latest trends, on substantive investment protection principles and investor-state dispute settlement in just over 100 pages. As a primer or refresher, I highly recommend it.'
--Joost Pauwelyn, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland

'Prof. Reinisch's Advanced Introduction to International Investment Law provides a necessary guide for anyone embarking on the study of a field that has grown up and is, at the same time, facing calls for fundamental reform. The book is comprehensive and covers all the basic elements of the field. It is also impressive in its use of supporting materials yet remains accessible to non-specialists. Further, the depth of its analyses makes it also useful for the experienced academic or practitioner.'
--Gabriel Bottini, Uria Menendez, Spain

'Prof. Reinisch's Advanced Introduction to International Investment Law provides a necessary guide for anyone embarking on the study of a field that has grown up and is, at the same time, facing calls for fundamental reform. The book is comprehensive and covers all the basic elements of the field. It is also impressive in its use of supporting materials yet remains accessible to non-specialists. Further, the depth of its analyses makes it also useful for the experienced academic or practitioner.'
--Gabriel Bottini, Uria Menendez, Spain

Book Information
ISBN 9781783474516
Author August Reinisch
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd