Effect of interpretative challenges of concept of foreign investment on the secured legal environment

Abstract EN

The supportive standards, treaties and regulations of host country are productive of a secured legal environment for attracting and supporting foreign investors.

However, the variety of definitions and inefficiencies in the criteria for identifying foreign investors, has a direct effect on emerging many differences between the investor and the host government in identifying some property and income arising or related to foreign investment and attraction or exclusion of foreign investors.

Based on this, the effectiveness of protection's standards, treaties and internal regulations for establishing and expanding the legal security environment is a fundamental question.

This research considers the impact of diversified investor definition and its identification criteria on domestic regulations (Iran) and international documents (ICSID), and in response to the legal deficiencies introduces identification criteria and necessary legal mechanism for creating and develop a secure legal environment for foreign investors.