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1、TheOriginsofInternationalInvestmentLawInternationalinvestmentlawisacomplexanddynamicfield.Yet,theimplicationsofitshistoryareunder-explored.KateMilesexaminesthehistoricalevolutionofinternationalinvestmentlaw,assessingitsoriginsinthecommercialandpoliticalexpansionismofdominantstatesduri
2、ngtheseventeenthtoearlytwentiethcenturiesandthecontinuedresonanceofthoseoriginswithinmodernforeigninvestmentprotectionlaw.Inparticular,herexplorationoftheactivitiesoftheDutchEastIndiaCompany,Grotius’treatises,andpre-WorldWarIIinternationalinvestmentdisputesprovidesinsightintocurrentc
3、ontroversiessurroundingtheinterplayofpublicandprivateinterests,thesystemicdesignofinvestor–statearbitration,thesubstantivefocusofprinciples,andthetreatmentofenvironmentalissueswithininternationalinvestmentlaw.Inadoptingsuchanapproach,thisbookprovidesafreshconceptualframeworkthroughwh
4、ichcontemporaryissuescanbeexaminedandcreatesnewunderstandingsofthosecontroversies.KateMilesisaFellowandCollegeLecturerinLawatGonvilleandCaiusCollege,Cambridge.ShecurrentlyservesontheInternationalLawAssociation’sNewStudyGroupontheRoleofSoftLawInstrumentsinInternationalInvestmentLaw.Sh
5、eisalsoaResearchFellowoftheCentreforInternationalSustainableDevelopmentLaw,Montreal,andco-ordinatestheInternationalInvestmentLawNetworkfortheSocietyofInternationalEconomicLaw.cambridgestudiesininternationalandcomparativelawEstablishedin1946,thisseriesproduceshigh-qualityscholarshipin
6、thefieldsofpublicandprivateinternationallawandcomparativelaw.Althoughthesearedistinctlegalsub-disciplines,developmentssince1946confirmtheirinterrelations.Comparativelawisincreasinglyusedasatoolinthemakingoflawatnational,regionalandinternationallevels.Privateinternationallawisnowoftenaf
7、fectedbyinternationalconventions,andtheissuesfacedbyclassicalconflictsrulesarefrequentlydealtwithbysubstantiveharmonisationoflawunderinternationalauspices.Mixedinternationalarbitrations,especiallythoseinvolvingstateeconomicactivity,raisemixedquestionsofpublicandprivateinternationallaw
8、,whileinmany
