Description

Since the publication of the first edition of Sornarajah, International Law on Foreign Investment in 1992, the law has taken many twists and turns largely inspired by the greed of those participating in its practice and development that sadly included academics. The subject is in disarray due to excesses in the application of the law and chicanery in its formulation. There are many efforts now being made to either extinguish the law or reform it. The outcomes of these efforts is the subject of this lecture.

About the Speaker
Professor M Sornarajah is the CJ Koh Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. He is the author of “The International Law on Foreign Investment”, the first edition of which was published in 1992. Cambridge University Press will publish the fifth edition of this text in 2020. The survey he makes in the lecture of the law is based on the successive editions of this text. He has participated in investment arbitrations involving several states and advised other states on issues relating to investment treaties. He was, for some time, Director of the UNCTAD Programme on Investment Treaties in Pretoria and New Delhi.