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Call for Papers

International Investment Regulation:

Challenges for Developing Countries

Postgraduate Workshop, 14-15 October 2016

Bond University, Gold Coast Australia

The Transnational, International and Comparative Law and Policy (TICLP) Network invites abstracts of no more than 500 words for this interdisciplinary event. Please send abstracts to Dr Umair Ghori () by 31 May 2016. TICLP will email authors by 15 June 2016 if their abstract is accepted. For more information on TICLP please visit:

https://bond.edu.au/researchers/research-strengths/faculty-research-profiles/law/transnational-international-comparative-law-policy-network

Theme of the Workshop

International investment constitutes a lifeline for several developing countries. While governments scramble to enact policies and incentives to attract the interest of foreign investors, the consequences and indirect impact of foreign investment are often ignored. The question of balancing local interests and the interests of foreign investors raises some interesting academic issues. With the Asian countries witnessing greater regional integration and with other transnational trade and investment endeavours (such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership), the question for developing countries policymakers is how to construct a foreign investment regime that attracts foreign investors yet does not compromise on local socio-economic interests. The postgraduate workshop is designed to encourage research students enrolled in Higher Degree Research programmes (in Australia as well as other countries) to come together to share their research and share perspectives on legal and economic issues pertaining to international investment regulation.

International Investment Regulation: Challenges for Developing Countries

Call for Papers

While the organisers will consider any proposal on international investment regulation, the central theme of the postgraduate workshop is exploring issues from a developing country perspective. Therefore, preference shall be given to papers that seek to explore one or more of the following topics.

Topics of Papers

Proposals for papers are invited on the following topical category:

1. Changing approaches in international investment law

2. Determining the question of national interests

3. Issues in investment in energy and natural resources

4. Dispute settlement and enforcement of foreign awards

5. Current issues in international trade and investment

6. Human rights and foreign investment regulation

7. Investment in food, health and services sector

8. Cross border aspects in foreign investment – typical issues in the developing world

9. The impact of regional integration regimes (such as Trans-Pacific Partnership and ASEAN integration) on foreign investment

10. Finance and foreign investment (including remittance of royalties and profits from the host country)

11. Taxation of foreign investors

12. Issues in export processing zones

13. Case studies focussing on investment regulation

The organizers are particularly keen to encourage the participation in the workshop of postgraduate students enrolled in either Masters by Research programmes or equivalent or PhD Candidates that are currently enrolled or have recently graduated from their degrees. Papers may provide an Asian perspective on these topics or discuss international/comparative approaches to the listed topics.

Application Procedure
Please e-mail the following information in the attached form:

1. A 500-word abstract/summary of the proposed paper.

2. Affiliation details and brief biography

3. Brief curriculum vitae

Please complete the attached form by 31 May 2016. Successful applicants will be informed by 15 June 2016 and are required to submit their completed papers and registration fee to the workshop organisers byFriday 30 September 2016. Please note only completed papers will be selected for presentation at the workshop. The paper should be between 6000 and 8000 words (inclusive of footnotes) and must comply with Australian Guide to Legal Citation (3rd Ed) (AGLC3) http://law.unimelb.edu.au/mulr/aglc/about >

Registration fee of AUD 200.00 must be paid by 30 September 2016, using the attached form (registration fee includes morning tea, afternoon tea and lunch)

Any enquiries about the paper selection process and/or the workshop may be addressed to Dr Umair Ghori <>
Paper presenters are encouraged to submit finalized papers to our flagship publication Bond Law Review. Publication is subject to editorial discretion and double-blind peer-review process. Details may be found on the Journal’s Websitehttp://epublications.bond.edu.au/blr/

DETAILS

NAME
EDUCATION
CURRENT ACADEMIC / INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
OFFICE ADDRESS
TELEPHONE
E-MAIL

BIOGRAPHY

(300 words maximum)

ABSTRACT

(500 words maximum)