Introducing The Fundamentals Of International Investment Law And Dispute Settlement For Students Or Practitioners New To The Field, This Work Combines A Systematic Analytical Study Of The Texts And Principles Underlying Investment Law With A Jurisprudential Analysis Of The Case Law Arising In International Tribunals. 1. History, Sources, And Nature Of International Investment Law -- 2. Interpretation And Application Of Investment Treaties -- 3. Investors And Investments -- 4. Investment Contracts -- 5. Admission And Establishment -- 6. Expropriation -- 7. Standards Of Protection -- 8. State Responsibility And Attribution -- 9. Political Risk Insurance -- 10. Settling Investment Disputes. Rudolf Dolzer And Christoph Schreuer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.