# A Sociology of International Investment Law - Portail Universitaire du droit

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## Parution

*Themes from Max Weber*

- **ISBN** : 978-0-198-98270-8
- **Éditeur** : Oxford University Press

## Résumé

Présentation de l’éditeur
A Sociology of International Investment Law applies methods associated with the sociologist Max Weber to illuminate aspects of international investment law - a regime made up of thousands of treaties that protect foreign investors from state action diminishing the value of their investments. By applying many of Weber's key themes associated with legal modernity - legitimacy, rationality, domination, bureaucracy, and charisma - the book conscripts tools of analysis that enable the testing of many of investment law's operating assumptions.A Sociology of International Investment Law Law is premised on the belief that theory informs practice and that enlisting aspects of Weber's work illuminates the contemporary practice of, and debates over, international investment law. Utilizing Weber's themes and methods, results in a deeper appreciation of the connections of international investment law has with classical social theory. The book also reveals how the field fails to measure up to many of the analytical challenges that Weber's sociological interventions provoke. This book offers an exploration of the commonalities, differences, and blind spots shared by this relatively new international legal field with one of the most influential theorists of modernity.
David Schneiderman, Professor of Law and Political Science (courtesy), University of Toronto
 
Sommaire
IntroductionChapter 1:At the Barricades of Formal LawChapter 2:Initiating and Maintaining LegitimacyChapter 3:Proportionality and the Ethic of ConvictionChapter 4:Investment Law's Ideal TypesChapter 5:An International Bureaucracy?Chapter 6:The Façade of DevelopmentConclusion


## Métadonnées

- **Catégorie** : Parutions
- **Publié** : 2026-05-10

## Tags

Droit bancaire et financier, Droit international, Droit privé, Droit public, Economie internationale, Histoire du droit, Modernité, Sciences politiques, Sociologie et anthropologie du droit

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