THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN ENHANCING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: LESSONS FOR ALGERIA

Following the upsurge and development in the globalized and emerging economies, commercial misunderstanding and disputes transcending national borders may also be on the rise. Such disputes can hamper the economic activities and operation within those emerging economies, in particular those activiti...

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Main Authors: Takyeddine Hathout, Rohana Abdul Rahman, Mohd Zakhiri Md. Nor
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Language:English
Published: UUM Press 2020-07-01
Series:UUM Journal of Legal Studies
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Online Access:https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/uumjls/article/view/6949
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author Takyeddine Hathout
Rohana Abdul Rahman
Mohd Zakhiri Md. Nor
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Mohd Zakhiri Md. Nor
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description Following the upsurge and development in the globalized and emerging economies, commercial misunderstanding and disputes transcending national borders may also be on the rise. Such disputes can hamper the economic activities and operation within those emerging economies, in particular those activities related to the foreign direct investment. National legal mechanism may not be attractive to international investors. Instead, international commercial arbitration (ICA) could be a preferred choice by foreign investors through which contractual disputes can be resolved via independent forum because it helps to foster market efficiency, facilitate foreign direct investment and protect the interest of foreign investors. To offer insights on this issue theoretically and empirically, this paper presents a logic-based and empirically based conceptual discussion to investigate the influence of ICA on FDI, in particular its application in the context of Algeria and the importance of domestic courts’ execution of arbitral awards. The paper finds that ICA is indispensable to contractual conflict resolution and can consequently assists FDI inflows into the country that entrenches it. Algeria may increase FDI inflows by strengthening the legal framework for arbitration through the enhancement of national laws relating to ICA and guaranteeing their effective execution and enforcement by local judicial system.  
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spelling doaj.art-fe998f88a4754f278d68e26ab41511e52023-01-31T03:11:27ZengUUM PressUUM Journal of Legal Studies2229-984X0127-94832020-07-01112THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN ENHANCING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: LESSONS FOR ALGERIATakyeddine Hathout0Rohana Abdul Rahman1Mohd Zakhiri Md. Nor2School of Law, College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, MalaysiaSchool of Law, College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, MalaysiaSchool of Law, College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, MalaysiaFollowing the upsurge and development in the globalized and emerging economies, commercial misunderstanding and disputes transcending national borders may also be on the rise. Such disputes can hamper the economic activities and operation within those emerging economies, in particular those activities related to the foreign direct investment. National legal mechanism may not be attractive to international investors. Instead, international commercial arbitration (ICA) could be a preferred choice by foreign investors through which contractual disputes can be resolved via independent forum because it helps to foster market efficiency, facilitate foreign direct investment and protect the interest of foreign investors. To offer insights on this issue theoretically and empirically, this paper presents a logic-based and empirically based conceptual discussion to investigate the influence of ICA on FDI, in particular its application in the context of Algeria and the importance of domestic courts’ execution of arbitral awards. The paper finds that ICA is indispensable to contractual conflict resolution and can consequently assists FDI inflows into the country that entrenches it. Algeria may increase FDI inflows by strengthening the legal framework for arbitration through the enhancement of national laws relating to ICA and guaranteeing their effective execution and enforcement by local judicial system.   https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/uumjls/article/view/6949International commercial ArbitrationForeign Direct InvestmentAlgeria
spellingShingle Takyeddine Hathout
Rohana Abdul Rahman
Mohd Zakhiri Md. Nor
THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN ENHANCING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: LESSONS FOR ALGERIA
UUM Journal of Legal Studies
International commercial Arbitration
Foreign Direct Investment
Algeria
title THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN ENHANCING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: LESSONS FOR ALGERIA
title_full THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN ENHANCING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: LESSONS FOR ALGERIA
title_fullStr THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN ENHANCING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: LESSONS FOR ALGERIA
title_full_unstemmed THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN ENHANCING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: LESSONS FOR ALGERIA
title_short THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN ENHANCING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: LESSONS FOR ALGERIA
title_sort role of international commercial arbitration in enhancing foreign direct investment lessons for algeria
topic International commercial Arbitration
Foreign Direct Investment
Algeria
url https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/uumjls/article/view/6949
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