Non-Discrimination and the Role of Regulatory Purpose in International Trade and Investment Law

Non-Discrimination and the Role of Regulatory Purpose in International Trade and Investment Law
ISBN-10
1785368095
ISBN-13
9781785368097
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
2016-12-30
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Authors
Andrew D. Mitchell, Caroline Henckels, David Heaton

Description

Central to this book is an analysis of the obligation upon states to ensure non-discrimination in the form of adherence to the principles of national treatment and most-favoured nation treatment. These are critical principles for both international trade law and international investment law, yet the case-law in both fields reveals significant inconsistencies regarding key elements of non-discrimination. Tribunals have invoked ‘regulatory purpose’ to assist in identifying relevant discrimination, but have done so without offering a definition of regulatory purpose and in significantly differing ways. This book explains these inconsistencies and offers a new definition of regulatory purpose.

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