The WTO and International Investment Law: Converging systems

By Jürgen Kurtz, Published by Cambridge University Press, February 2016

International law has historically regulated foreign trade and foreign investment differently. Powerful economic, legal and sociological factors are now pushing the two systems together. In this book, Jürgen Kurtz systematically explores the often complex and little-understood dynamics of this convergence phenomenon. Kurtz addresses the growing connections between international trade and investment law, proposing a theoretically grounded and doctrinally tractable framework to understand the deepening relationship between them. The book also offers reform ideas and possibilities, suggesting a set of theoretical insights and doctrinal models. Available at http://www.cambridge.org/academic/subjects/law/international-trade-law/WTO-and-international-investment-law-converging-systems.