Understanding Investment Law in Zambia

Product Details:
Author(s):
Ng’ambi, S P
Year Published:
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Type:
Print | Pocket Size
Language:
English
About this publication
Understanding Investment Law in Zambia deals with both the domestic law and international legal norms pertaining to foreign direct investment.
A wide array of topics is covered in this book, including the contractual, legislative and treaty-based protections available to investors as they consider entrusting their capital to another jurisdiction. These protections are considered through the prism of the Zambian investment climate, and give a glimpse into both historical and current issues.
Key Features
Provides an explanation of Investment law in Zambia by an expert in the field
Contains the ZDA Act, the MIGA Convention and the ICSID for easy reference
Explains key cases litigated in this area of the law
Gives a succinct history and analysis of nationalisation policy in Zambia
Content
Cases
Latin phrases and abbreviations
Introduction to investment law
Sources of international investment law
The Resource Nationalism Cycle
The need for foreign direct investment
Appreciation of the natural resource
Systems of government
A statement of nationalism
The history of mining in Zambia
Commercial mining in Northern Rhodesia
Independence and the nationalisation of the mines
Privatisation of the mines
The Zambian Development Agency Act
General areas covered by the Zambian Development Agency Act
Stabilisation clauses
Permanent sovereignty over natural resources
The effect of stabilisation clauses – early, Libyan nationalisation and later cases
Nationalisation and compensation
Taking of property
Is nationalisation legal?
Compensation
Investment arbitration
International commercial arbitration
The International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Types of risks covered
Other non-commercial risks and exclusions
Eligible investments
Eligible host countries and investors
Right of subrogation
Resources of investment
Dispute resolution
Annexures
Convention establishing MIGA
Zambian Development Agency Act 11 of 2006
ICSID Convention
Interest / Benefit to
Law students – undergraduate and postgraduate
Legal academics teaching the investment law
Judges
Attorneys
Magistrates
Investors
Legal scholars