seems to be what happens in Argentina

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the practise of having a legal treaty in place with foreign investors some of which subsequently took Argentina to International Court over alleged breaches

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scope of the notion of “public order” and a state's “essential security ...... claims by foreign investors alleging breach of Argentina's investment treaty ...
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approved security and protection of the foreign investor's investment .... serve as the basis of the foreign investors' legal claims, and Argentina may not ...
www.abeledogottheil.com.ar/publicaciones/ARGENTINA IBA.pdf

The Argentine foreign investment law No. 21, 382 of 1976 and its implementing ... Fair and equitable treatment, full protection and legal security, ...
www.chinalawandpractice.com/.../Outbound-China-M-A-and-inve...


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and of course, these treaties might offer a bit more security

by TEJP Dabinovic - 1973
repercussion not only on the normal flow of investments typical of the sector, but it even extends to the political and legal posture of Argentina. ...
www.jstor.org/stable/40175473

M. Sornarajah - 2010 - Law - 554 pages
The reasoning was that the national security exception was self-judging and that the ... The three tribunals were inclined to the view that Argentina had ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0521747651...

We talk about ***legal safeguards / legal certainty / a legal framework*** in Argentina which promotes and protects investments, especially / specifically foreign investments

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New international arbitration court in Latin America - ADR Resources
11 Jan 2006 ... “Cuando la seguridad jurídica falla, entonces afecta a la ... When confidence in legal safeguards fails, it impacts on foreign investment. ...
adrresources.com/adr-news/327/interna... -

Los Letreros de Balos
El yacimiento se encuentra vallado por motivos de seguridad pero puede ... Protección Jurídica / Legal Safeguard. Localización / Location ...
ciudadano.grancanaria.com/portal/RWca... -

EUR-Lex - Simple search
La Comisión pide comentarios acerca de si el nuevo marco jurídico podría regular este último problema, y cómo. Legal safeguards protecting the customer in ...
eur-lex.europa.eu/Notice.do%3Fmode%3D... -

RESEA DE JURISPRUDENCIA DEL TRIBUNAL EUROPEO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS ...
within the scope of the safeguard afforded by Article 2 of the ..... seguridad jurídica (legal certainty) en los supuestos de privación del derecho a la ...
portal.uclm.es/descargas/idp_docs/jur... -

Argentina Business Legal Framework - August 2009
The legal framework for foreign investment in Argentina; .... Bilateral scope: Argentina has 54 Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements ...
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The Bilateral Investment Treaty between Spain and Argentina: Legal ...
The Bilateral Investment Treaty between Spain and Argentina: Legal Framework ... PROTECTION. Promotion. (investments made according to legislation of ...
rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/1219... -

Argentina ante las demandas internacionales sobre inversiones ...
Treaties for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments (BIT) - .... the investment the legal rules that constitute its legal framework remain ...
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BCDS – Toolkit for Investment Policy and Investment Promotion
Objectives of the legal investment framework. Restrictions .... 1986 Agreement on Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments ...
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UNCTAD.ORG >> Inversión y la empresa >> Disposiciones de promoción ...
1 Ene 2009... and predictable international legal framework for attracting foreign investment, ... Investment promotion provisions may be stand-alone provisions or establish a ... and institutional framework, while governments applying strategic investment ... La protección de la seguridad nacional en los AII ...
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PERU - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Perú - Portal ...
LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN PERU. The Foreign Investment Promotion Law, ... Peru has concluded agreements for the promotion and protection of investments with more ...
www.rree.gob.pe/portal/economia2.nsf/... -

Marco Legal Legal Framework
An open and stable legal framework for foreign investment - 2005 ..... on the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments have been signed with ...
www.proinversion.gob.pe/RepositorioAP... -

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small correction:

We talk about ***legal safeguards / legal certainty / a legal framework*** in Argentina which promote(s) and protect(s) investments, especially / specifically foreign investments