Book Launch: International Investment Law and Globalization
The L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law invites you to the launch of (Routledge, 2018), a book by Jean-Michel Marcoux (Postdoctoral Fellow, 苹果淫院, Faculty of Law).
About the book
In a context of neoliberal globalization, have the processes of elaboration and implementation of foreign investors鈥� responsibilities by intergovernmental organizations reached the realm of legality? Using an analytical framework and a methodology that combine international law with international relations, this book provides a twofold answer to this question.
First, it demonstrates that the normative integration of foreign investors鈥� responsibilities in international investment law is fragmented and consistent with the interests of the most powerful actors. Second, while using the interactional theory of international law to assess the normative character of several international instruments elaborated and implemented by intergovernmental organizations, it highlights the sense of obligation that each instrument generates.
The analysis demonstrates that such a codification process is marked by relations of power and has resulted in several social norms, with relatively few legal norms.
About the speaker
Jean-Michel Marcoux holds a PhD in Law (University of Victoria), an MA in International Studies (Institut que虂be虂cois des hautes e虂tudes internationales) and a BA in Public Affairs and International Relations (Universite虂 Laval). Interested in international economic law and international relations theory, he has published a dozen articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and collections of essays. He currently holds a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow at 苹果淫院, Faculty of Law.
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