The purpose of this thesis is to look at economic and legal aspects of foreign direct investment (hereinafter also referred to as FDI) on the example of Egypt, which is one of the key economic and political players in the Middle East and North Africa. The paper is composed of two parts. First part is dealing with the theoretical aspects of FDI. Chapter one is introductory and explains the nature and role of FDI in global economy. Next two chapters address the important issue of definition of investment and investor. The legal definition of these two terms is usually the key issue in the international documents concerning foreign direct investment. Fourth chapter deals with the bilateral investment treaties, which are so far the most relevant instrument governing the international investment. Chapter five deals with the unsuccessful attempts to establish universal international treaty concerning investment, influence of the Lisbon treaty on given issue and international organizations in the field of international investment. Chapter six concentrates on the issue of investment treatment standards. Seventh chapter investigates the most common causes of investment disputes and eighth chapter suggests possible means of their resolution. Second practical part deals more closely with factual Egyptian...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:353231 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Gerle, Lukáš |
| Contributors | Bažantová, Ilona, Pokorný, Jan |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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