TY - BOOK AU - Sornarajah,M. TI - The international law on foreign investment SN - 9780521747653 (pbk.) : AV - K3830.4 .S67 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Investments, Foreign (International law) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 474-493) and index; Introduction -- The shaping factors -- Actors in the field of foreign investment -- Risks in foreign investment -- Sources of the international law on foreign investment -- Multilateral instruments on foeign investment -- Settlement of investment disputes : contract-based arbitration -- Treaty-based investment arbitration : jurisdictional issues -- Causes of action : breaches of treatment standards -- The taking of foreign property -- Compensation for national isation of foreign investments -- Defences to responsibility ER -