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Private Rights, Public Problems: A guide to NAFTA's controversial chapter on investor rights

» Howard Mann, IISD in Assoc. with World Wildlife Fund, 2001. Book, 110 pages, copyright: IISD and World Wildlife Fund, ISBN 1-895536-39-1

This guide was jointly produced by IISD and WWF-U.S. as part of an international effort to raise awareness on the full implications of investment law. Its production was made possible through the generous financial support of the Ford Foundation.


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Contents

1. Chapter 11 and the concerned citizen
2. What are international investment agreements, and why was one included in NAFTA?
3. Chapter 11 in a nutshell
4. Why have these provisions become such a concern?
5. What does Chapter 11 cover?
6. What are the obligations in Chapter 11?
7. Enforcing the foreign investor's rights: The investor-state arbitration process and its democratic deficits
8. Where to now?
Annex 1: Selected excerpts from NAFTA
Annex 2: Digest of known Chapter 11 cases, 1994-2000