C. L. Lim is the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a visiting professor at King's College London and Honorary Senior Fellow of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He practises as a barrister with Keating Chambers, London. Lim worked previously as international law counsel for a government as well as at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva, and he served three terms on a committee advising Hong Kong's Commerce Secretary. He is currently participating in the UNCITRAL WGIII deliberations in which he represents an observer entity.

Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of treaties, national legislation, cases and awards; List of abbreviations; 1. The origins of investment protection and international investment law; 2. Investment contracts and internationalisation; 3. The metamorphosis of investment treaties; 4. Investment dispute settlement; 5. Jurisdiction, admissibility and parallel proceedings; 6. Applicable laws; 7. Arbitrators; 8. Evidence; 9. Provisional measures; 10. Protected Investments; 11. Protected investors; 12. Fair and equitable treatment, and full protection and security ; 13. Contingent standards: national treatment and most-favoured nation treatment; 14. Expropriation; 15. Umbrella clauses; 16. Defences; 17. Remedies; 18. Costs and legal fees; 19. Challenging and enforcing awards, and the question of foreign state immunities; 20. New directions in international investment law and arbitration; Index.