This text explores how the public purpose doctrine reconciles the conflicting obligations that states have to engage in regulatory sovereignty while honoring host-state obligations to protect foreign investment. It examines the multiple permutations and iterations of the doctrine and the inherent fundamental flaws that lead to disparities in the relationship between investors and states.
This book explores how public purpose doctrine reconciles conflicting obligations of states to engage in regulatory sovereignty while honoring host-state obligations to protect foreign investment.