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"Preface" [2019] ELECD 765; in Krajewski, Markus; Hoffmann, T. Rhea (eds), "Research Handbook on Foreign Direct Investment" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) xiii

Book Title: Research Handbook on Foreign Direct Investment

Editor(s): Krajewski, Markus; Hoffmann, T. Rhea

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Section Title: Preface

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Preface


Editing a book on international investment law in current times is an equally joyful and
daunting task. On the one side, it provides the opportunity to contribute to a still
developing field of law with significant practical relevance and high academic interest.
On the other side, international investment law is semper reformanda and one is never
certain which novelties the next treaty reform or arbitration award will bring.
Furthermore, the topic is highly ideologised which makes sound and sober scientific
analysis at times difficult, but all the more needed. The editors of the present Research
Handbook tried to meet these challenges by inviting a group of distinguished authors
from different academic and geographical backgrounds, including experienced
commentators and younger observers, to contribute in order to present a variety of
perspectives and to attempt to cover as many angles as possible.
While there is no shortage of scholarly contributions to international investment law,
a Research Handbook aims at providing an overview of the pertinent topics of a field
and at establishing a basis for further research. It assembles the current state of thinking
and suggests new ways forward by revisiting classic issues and reflecting on recent
developments, by raising fundamental and conceptual questions as well as addressing
practical problems and challenges and by engaging different schools of thought and
preconceptions (Vorverständnisse) of international investment law.
Editing a Research Handbook is teamwork. It requires a group of excellent and
dedicated contributors who are willing to commit their time, energy and ...