Böcker av Peter D. Cameron

It is September 1862, the bloody Civil War rages on. In the Cold Spring section of Otis one of the worse crimes In Western Massachusetts history is committed. While on a berry picking outing one late summer day, a young mother is raped and murdered, her two children ages 2 and 4 years bludgeoned to death. A wet behind the ears Deputy Sheriff Wesley Langdon is solving 011 poor, family. governor of the state, a nationally recognized abolitionist with eyes on an office in Washington D.C., takes a personal and political interest in the case. Wesley quickly learns that the investigation, influenced by politics, current events, and a changing social landscape, further muddied by his own emotional baggage, will be a complicated affair. Can real justice prevail?

This book assesses stability guarantees through the lens of the legitimate expectations principle to offer a new perspective on the stability concept in international energy investments. The analysis of the interaction between the concepts of stability and legitimate expectations reveals that there are now more opportunities for energy investors to argue their cases before arbitral tribunals. The book offers detailed analyses of the latest energy investment arbitral awards from Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic, and reflects on the state of the art of the legitimate expectations debate and its relationship with the stability concept. The author argues that, in order to achieve stability, the legitimate expectations principle should be employed as the main investment protection tool when a dispute arises on account of unilateral host state alterations. This timely work will be useful to both scholars and practitioners who are interested in international energy law, investment treaty arbitration, and international investment law.