Weaponising Investments

This second volume of highly topical two-volume set "The Investment Weapon" continues to present pioneering research for the purpose of developing a common analytical foundation and framework for the emerging interdisciplinary research field of investment control. This second volumes shifts the focus from the policy context to the legal and regulatory aspects of investment controls, specifically from an international, transnational, and comparative law perspective. The topics range from control of subsidized investments to non-national security related investment controls and alternatives to investment screening.

The EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation Why, What and How?
by Lena Hornkohl.-
Economic Sanctions as an Instrument of Foreign Investment Control
by Tamás Szabados.-
Balance of Payments-Related Restrictions on the Freedom of Investment
by Claus Zimmermann.-
Next-level Screening? The Case of Outbound Investment Screening
by Jonas Fechter.-
Determining the Role of FDI Screening in International Investment Law
by Kilian Wagner.-
States Shareholding as a Tool of Investment Control in Strategically Important Companies: Any Consequences for International Responsibility?
by Bartosz Soloch.-
Screening Authorities in the EU: Considerations on Governance, Powers, and Accountability
by Jacques Bourgeois and Alessandra Moroni.-
The Evolving Concept of National Security and Foreign Investment Screening Procedures with Particular Reference to the Italian Regime
by Maria Rosaria Mauro.-
National Security and Essential Security Interests in CJEU Jurisprudence
by Marek Ja kowski.