Learning from Incredible Commitments: Evolution and Impact of Bilateral Investment Treaties

<p>Ostensibly, BITs are the ideal international treaty. First, until just recently, they almost uniformly came with explicit dispute resolution mechanisms through which countries could face real costs for violation (Montt 2009). Second, the signing, ratification, and violation of them are easi...

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Main Author: Minhas, Shahryar Farooq
Other Authors: Ward, Michael D
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/12238