Legal Treatment of Foreign Investment: "The World Bank Guidelines"Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1993 M10 27 - 468 pages Corporation law dates from the 19th century when the growth of business enterprise required a division between the private & the company sphere, making the company a legal person with its own rights, responsibilities & liabilities. The company was no longer the legal equivalent of its owner but became a separate legal entity, providing a form of legal protection for the owners, employees & the customers. The introduction of company law meant a great step forward for those engaged in big business in Europe, the U.S. & elsewhere. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
B Possible Benefits of Foreign Direct | 9 |
THE ORIGINS OF | 29 |
The French Initiative at the April 1991 | 37 |
20 | 40 |
PHASE ONE SURVEY | 47 |
The April 1992 Development | 57 |
A The Preamble | 65 |
Final text of the Guidelines | 155 |
Treatment of Foreign Investment | 221 |
Multilateral Approaches to | 267 |
Principles Governing Foreign Investment | 311 |
General Principles Governing Foreign | 337 |
Excerpt from the Communiqué of the 41st | 383 |
Text of Authors Presentation to a Meeting | 389 |
May 6 1992 Draft of the Guidelines on | 401 |
Admission | 73 |
CONSULTATION | 99 |
Draft of July 6 1992 | 124 |
July 1992 Meeting of the Committee | 131 |
FINALIZATION OF THE GUIDELINES | 139 |
Future of the Guidelines | 146 |
Common terms and phrases
accordance admission Africa Asia agreement America & Caribbean applicable Arab arbitral awards Article Asia & Middle assets bilateral investment treaties binding BITs capital Central Asia China context contract currency developing countries Development Committee Draft Convention draft guideline Droit International East Eastern Europe Eastern Europe economic effective enterprise Estado Europe & Central Executive Directors expropriation fair and equitable favorable foreign direct investment foreign investment free transfer governments host country ICSID Int'l international arbitration international law International Monetary Fund investissements Investment Disputes investors issue Latin America legal framework measures Middle East Eastern MIGA MIGA Convention multilateral instruments national investment codes national treatment OECD pacta sunt servanda parties payment policies practice principles private foreign investment promotion protection provisions regulations requirements respect restrictions Section Shihata soft law stabilization clauses supra II.A supra note territory Transnational Corporations treatment of foreign tribunal UNCTC UNGA Res World Bank Group