TY - BOOK AU - Li,Yuwen AU - Qi,Tong AU - Bian,Cheng TI - China, the EU and international investment law: reforming investor-state dispute settlement T2 - The Rule of Law in China and Comparative Perspectives Ser SN - 9781000703351 AV - K3830 U1 - 346.24/092 23 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Law KW - bisacsh KW - LAW / General KW - LAW / Alternative Dispute Resolution KW - Investments, Foreign KW - Law and legislation KW - China KW - European Union countries KW - Investments, Foreign (International law) KW - Foreign economic relations N1 - Description based upon print version of record N2 - This book provides an original and critical analysis of the most contentious subjects being negotiated in the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). It focuseson the pathway of reforming investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) from both Chinese and European perspectives in the context of the China-EU CAI and beyond. The book is divided into three parts. Part I examines key and controversial issues of the China-EU CAI negotiations, including market access, sustainable development and human rights, as well as comparing distinct features between the China-EU CAI and the China-US BIT. Part II concentrates on the institutional reform of investor-state arbitration with an extensive analysis of the EU's approach to replacing the private nature of investment arbitration with the public nature of an investment court. Part III addresses the core substantive and procedural issues concerning ISDS, such as the role of domestic courts in investment dispute settlement, the status of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as investors, transparency and the protection of victims in investment dispute resolution. This book will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the field of international investment and trade law, particularly investment dispute settlement; "This book provides an original and critical analysis of the most contentious subjects being negotiated in the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). It focuses on the pathway of reforming investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) from both Chinese and European perspectives in the context of the China-EU CAI and beyond. The book is divided into three parts. Part I examines key and controversial issues of the China-EU CAI negotiations, including market access, sustainable development, human rights, as well as comparing distinct features between the China-EU CAI and the China-US BIT. Part II concentrates on the institutional reform of investor-state arbitration with an extensive analysis of the EU's approach to replacing the private nature of investment arbitration with the public nature of an investment court. Part III addresses the core substantive and procedural issues concerning ISDS, such as the role of domestic courts in investment dispute settlement, the status of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as investors, transparency, and protection of victims in investment dispute resolution"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429322334 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -