The African Renaissance in the Age of Globalization
What Role for International Investment Law?
Valentina Vadi editor Tarcisio Gazzini editor Saudin Mwakaje editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Publishing:31st Oct '26
£42.00
This title is due to be published on 31st October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Examines the key issues concerning the promotion of foreign investments in Africa and the States' responsibilities to pursue public interest.
Foreign investments may play a pivotal role in promoting the sustainable development of Africa, a continent with a huge – yet unrealized – potential. This book examines how the legal instruments for the promotion and protection of foreign investment have evolved and been adapted to reconcile the different private and public interests at stake.Foreign investments may play a pivotal role in promoting the sustainable development of Africa. This book charts Africa's investment law revolution through the lens of the continent's Renaissance. It provides a rigorous and critical examination of how the continent is reshaping the rules of engagement. In many respects, African States and organizations have been extremely proactive and innovative in reforming investment treaties. They have continuously sought to strike a balance between, on the one hand, the effective protection of foreign investments, both in substantive and procedural terms, and, on the other hand, the legitimate exercise by the host State of its regulatory powers. These efforts have resulted in legal instruments that now feature important provisions on environmental protection, human rights, corporate social responsibility, labour standards, and public health.
'This book provides highly valuable new perspectives on African contributions to international investment law and sustainable development and other social policy goals. These are critical issues for the continent. The editors have brought together a powerful group of senior and younger scholars to explore the challenges and potential for an African Renaissance in shaping the future of the continent and beyond in relation to investment law and institutions in these times.' Gregory Shaffer, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of International Law, Georgetown University Law Center
'This insightful and original volume offers rich analysis of an important regional perspective of international investment law. Its diverse contributors explore the special role played by Africa as both a key frontier of foreign investment and a pioneer of legal innovation in a rapidly evolving and controversial field.' David Collins, City St George's, University of London
'This outstanding volume brings together leading scholars in a collection curated with rare care and intellectual rigor. It offers a superb diagnosis of Africa's historical engagement with international investment law, matched by a contagious optimism that treats the field as a flexible construct adaptable to new realities. A powerful and timely contribution that will inspire further inquiry and integrate Africa-focused investment law scholarship firmly into the mainstream.' Won Kidane, Villanova University
ISBN: 9781009611794
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474 pages