Oxford University Press

Regulation of foreign investment is one of the most topical and controversial subjects in EU law and international investment law. This book examines the legal foundations upon which EU investment policy is based, addressing the legal, practical, and political concerns created by the establishment of a common investment policy....

The Life and Poetry of Vernon ScannellThis uncompromising literary biography tells the story of a wounded D-Day veteran, a deserter, a violent drunk, a loving father who abandoned his first child, a boxer and brawler, a wife-beater, a bigamist, and a passionately romantic lover. It is also, most importantly, the story of a poet....

This book outlines the principles behind the international law of foreign investment. The main focus is on the law governed by bilateral and multilateral investment treaties. It traces the purpose, context, and evolution of the clauses and provisions characteristic of contemporary investment treaties, and analyses the case law, interpreting the...

Corporations, Consumption, and Protecting Public HealthDecisions made by the food, tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical, gun, and automobile industries have a greater impact on today&'s health than the decisions of scientists and policymakers. As the collective influence of corporations has grown, governments around the world have stepped back from...

Hundreds of millions of people still suffer from chronic hunger and food insecurity despite sufficient levels of global food production. The poor&'s inability to afford adequate diets remains the biggest constraint to solving hunger, but the dynamics of global food insecurity are complex and demand analysis that extends beyond the traditional...

Cooperation, Comity, and Competition Policy, edited by Andrew T. Guzman, illustrates how domestic competition law policies intersect with the realities of international business. It offers a discussion of what might be done to improve the way in which cross-border business is handled by competition policy.   The first part of the book provides...