Introduction
Defined as the scientific study of the material remains of past human life and activities, archaeology seems to have very little to do with international investment law, the field of public international law governing foreign investments. Archaeology and international investment law seem to constitute different fields of study, with different aims and objectives. Archaeology studies material objects and aims to illuminate the past. International investment law addresses current issues, governs foreign investors and their investments, and aims to protect them against abusive behavior of the host state and to contribute to the sustainable development of the same. Nonetheless, in the past decades, foreign investors have invested in areas with important archaeological artifacts or constituting significant cultural landscapes, and questions have arisen about how to balance investors’ rights under the applicable investment treaties and the state right to protect important...
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Vadi, V. (2019). Cultural Heritage and Foreign Investment. In: Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3431-1
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