Martins Paparinskis is a Lecturer at University College London. He has previously been a Junior Research Fellow at Merton College, University of Oxford, and a postdoctoral fellow at the New York University. Martins Paparinskis holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford.

Paparinskis argues with depth of argument, a wealth of materials and rigour of analysis, that international human rights could be used to fill the temporal gap between the classic and modern content of international minimum standards... In this useful book, the astuteness and innovation of arguments cultivated by the author lies in drawing from the jurisprudence of international human rights law for its application in investment law.

• INTRODUCTION ; PART I. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD ; 1. International Minimum Standard and International Law-Making ; 2. Making of the International Minimum Standard (-1930s) ; 3. Development of the International Minimum Standard (1940s-) ; PART II. SOURCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD ; 4. Most-favoured-nation Clause: A Case Study ; 5. International Minimum Standard and the Law of Treaties ; 6. International Minimum Standard and General International Law ; PART III. CONTENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD ; 7. Investment Treaties, General International Law, and International Human Rights Law ; 8. International Minimum Standard and the Administration of Justice ; 9. International Minimum Standard and the Protection of Property ; CONCLUSION

Martins Paparinskis is a Lecturer at University College London. He has previously been a Junior Research Fellow at Merton College, University of Oxford, and a postdoctoral fellow at the New York University. Martins Paparinskis holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford.

Paparinskis argues with depth of argument, a wealth of materials and rigour of analysis, that international human rights could be used to fill the temporal gap between the classic and modern content of international minimum standards... In this useful book, the astuteness and innovation of arguments cultivated by the author lies in drawing from the jurisprudence of international human rights law for its application in investment law.

• INTRODUCTION ; PART I. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD ; 1. International Minimum Standard and International Law-Making ; 2. Making of the International Minimum Standard (-1930s) ; 3. Development of the International Minimum Standard (1940s-) ; PART II. SOURCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD ; 4. Most-favoured-nation Clause: A Case Study ; 5. International Minimum Standard and the Law of Treaties ; 6. International Minimum Standard and General International Law ; PART III. CONTENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD ; 7. Investment Treaties, General International Law, and International Human Rights Law ; 8. International Minimum Standard and the Administration of Justice ; 9. International Minimum Standard and the Protection of Property ; CONCLUSION

Martins Paparinskis is a Lecturer at University College London. He has previously been a Junior Research Fellow at Merton College, University of Oxford, and a postdoctoral fellow at the New York University. Martins Paparinskis holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford.

Paparinskis argues with depth of argument, a wealth of materials and rigour of analysis, that international human rights could be used to fill the temporal gap between the classic and modern content of international minimum standards... In this useful book, the astuteness and innovation of arguments cultivated by the author lies in drawing from the jurisprudence of international human rights law for its application in investment law.

• INTRODUCTION ; PART I. DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD ; 1. International Minimum Standard and International Law-Making ; 2. Making of the International Minimum Standard (-1930s) ; 3. Development of the International Minimum Standard (1940s-) ; PART II. SOURCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD ; 4. Most-favoured-nation Clause: A Case Study ; 5. International Minimum Standard and the Law of Treaties ; 6. International Minimum Standard and General International Law ; PART III. CONTENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINIMUM STANDARD ; 7. Investment Treaties, General International Law, and International Human Rights Law ; 8. International Minimum Standard and the Administration of Justice ; 9. International Minimum Standard and the Protection of Property ; CONCLUSION