Traditional conceptions of hard law generating stronger commitments and soft law generating

“Traditional conceptions of hard law generating stronger commitments and soft law generating softer commitments are misleading and inaccurate. So-called soft law regimes are often less hollow and can generate greater compliance with coordinated international solutions.”

Irit Mevorach, “A Fresh View on the Hard/Soft Law Divide: Implications for International Insolvency of Enterprise Groups.” 40(3) Michigan Journal of International Law (2019) 505 at 529.

In light of the above statement, critically discuss the types, functions, strength and weaknesses of Soft law in International Investment Law.

Reading Material

Andrea Bjorklund & August Reinisch (eds) International Investment Law and soft Law (2012), chaps. 2,4 & 11, available at: https://b-ok.asia/book/2073776/2c377c

Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, Soft Law in International Arbitration: Codification and Normativity, 1(2) Journal of International Dispute Settlement (2010) 283, available at: https://scholar.google.ae/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_vis=1&q=Soft+law+in+international+arbitration%3A+codification+and+normativity&btnG=

K.W. Abbott and D. Snidal, ‘Hard and Soft Law in International Governance’ (2000) 54 International

Organization 421–56., available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/4770665_Hard_and_Soft_Law_in_International_Governance

1. d’Aspremont, ‘Softness in International Law: A Self-Serving Quest for New Legal Materials’ 19(5) European Journal of International Law (2008) 1075–93, available at: https://booksc.org/journal/7136

Gregory Shaffer & Mark A. Pollack, Hard v. Soft Law: Alternatives, Complements, and Antagonists in International Governance, 94 Minnesota Law Review (2009) 706, available at: edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1490&context=mlr”>https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1490&context=mlr

A.E. Boyle, ‘Some reflections on the relationship of treaties and soft law’ 48(4) International Comparative Law Quarterly (1999) 901, available at: https://booksc.org/journal/9836

Kong Lim, Soft Law Instruments on Arctic Investment and Sustainable development, Polar Record (2020) 1, available at: https://booksc.org/book/81373633/7d464b

Jurgen Friedrich, International Environmental “Soft Law”: The Functions and Limits of Nobinding Instruments in International Environmental Governance and Law (2013), available at: https://en.1lib.ae/book/2303609/213067?dsource=recommend

Jean-Michel Marcoux, Informal Instruments to impose human rights obligations on foreign investors: an Emerging practice of legality? 34(1) Leiden Journal of International Law (2021) 109, available at: Search%2Fv1%2Fresults%2Fnavigation%2Fi0ad740160000018391c93af0dd6d074d%3Fppcid%3Dd806d2aa5dfb4214aa86d9d782fa9cd0%26Nav%3DUK-JOURNALS%26fragmentIdentifier%3DI257AC850757111EB83E4CAC4686F90A7%26parentRank%3D0%26startIndex%3D21%26contextData%3D%2528sc.Search%2529%26transitionType%3DSearchItem&listSource=Search&listPageSource=f16dc40dceff9899dcaebb369bac0778&list=UK-JOURNALS&rank=28&sessionScopeId=f2e549c4e9af666a7730af43ae986f42f28816f85a85600a270277a8aaf16c04&ppcid=d806d2aa5dfb4214aa86d9d782fa9cd0&originationContext=Search%20Result&transitionType=SearchItem&contextData=(sc.Search)&comp=wluk&navId=4A45169362D205F2F94C2591CD89264C”>https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/I257AC850757111EB83E4CAC4686F90A7/View/FullText.html?navigationPath=Search%2Fv1%2Fresults%2Fnavigation%2Fi0ad740160000018391c93af0dd6d074d%3Fppcid%3Dd806d2aa5dfb4214aa86d9d782fa9cd0%26Nav%3DUK-JOURNALS%26fragmentIdentifier%3DI257AC850757111EB83E4CAC4686F90A7%26parentRank%3D0%26startIndex%3D21%26contextData%3D%2528sc.Search%2529%26transitionType%3DSearchItem&listSource=Search&listPageSource=f16dc40dceff9899dcaebb369bac0778&list=UK-JOURNALS&rank=28&sessionScopeId=f2e549c4e9af666a7730af43ae986f42f28816f85a85600a270277a8aaf16c04&ppcid=d806d2aa5dfb4214aa86d9d782fa9cd0&originationContext=Search%20Result&transitionType=SearchItem&contextData=(sc.Search)&comp=wluk&navId=4A45169362D205F2F94C2591CD89264C

Flavia Marisi, Independence and Impartiality: The Role of Soft Law in International Arbitration, 85(4) Arbitration (2019) 326, available at: https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/I0A3134D0FA5211E99BEAD22EED5AF093/View/FullText.html?navigationPath=Search%2Fv1%2Fresults%2Fnavigation%2Fi0ad740160000018391c93af0dd6d074d%3Fppcid%3D6b1250aa520c434c9deb43bff7e3bc1e%26Nav%3DUK-JOURNALS%26fragmentIdentifier%3DI0A3134D0FA5211E99BEAD22EED5AF093%26parentRank%3D0%26startIndex%3D41%26contextData%3D%2528sc.Search%2529%26transitionType%3DSearchItem&listSource=Search&listPageSource=56223c82fbae4f0f925064f5fffa581f&list=UK-JOURNALS&rank=49&sessionScopeId=f2e549c4e9af666a7730af43ae986f42f28816f85a85600a270277a8aaf16c04&ppcid=6b1250aa520c434c9deb43bff7e3bc1e&originationContext=Search%20Result&transitionType=SearchItem&contextData=(sc.Search)&comp=wluk&navId=5C040D6277DF41D267418A9F8358F695

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