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Large-scale land investments in least developed countries = legal conflicts between investment and human rights protection /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Large-scale land investments in least developed countries/ by Luis Tomas Montilla Fernandez.
Reminder of title:	legal conflicts between investment and human rights protection /
Author:	Fernandez, Luis Tomas Montilla.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
Description:	xix, 344 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Real estate development - Law and legislation. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65280-1
ISBN:	9783319652801

Large-scale land investments in least developed countries = legal conflicts between investment and human rights protection /
Fernandez, Luis Tomas Montilla.

Large-scale land investments in least developed countrieslegal conflicts between investment and human rights protection /[electronic resource] :by Luis Tomas Montilla Fernandez. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - xix, 344 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - International law and economics,2364-1851. - International law and economics..

Acknowledgements -- I Introductory Part -- II What is 'Land Grabbing' -- III International Law Conundrum -- IV Opportunism in LSLI Contracts: An Economic View -- V Tackling Opportunism in LSLIs -- VI Concluding Remarks.

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.

ISBN: 9783319652801

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-65280-1doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1197329
Real estate development
--Law and legislation.

LC Class. No.: KPV3057

Dewey Class. No.: 346.045

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