Large-Scale Land Investments in Least Developed Countries - Legal Conflicts Between Investment and Human Rights Protection (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book analyses large-scale land investments for agricultural purposes in Africa's least developed countries from a law and economics perspective. Focusing on the effects of foreign land investments on host countries' local populations and the apparent failure of international law to create incentives to offset them, it also examines the legal and economic mechanisms to hold investors accountable in cases where their investment leads to human rights violations. Applying principal agent and contract theory, it elucidates the sources of opportunism and develops control mechanisms to ameliorate the negative effects. It shows that although judicial mechanisms fail to deliver justice, international law offers alternatives to safeguard against arbitrary and abusive state and investor conduct, and also to effectuate human rights and, thus, tackle opportunistic behaviour.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	International Law and Economics
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Luis Tomas Montilla Fernandez
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	344
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-65279-5
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN:	3-319-65279-6
Barcode:	9783319652795

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