Performance Requirement Prohibitions in International Investment Law. Par Alexandre Genest. Leiden: Brill, 2019. 274 + iv pages.

Abstract

chapters and through the profile of some of its authors, an activist content, the fact remains that the various subjects are treated seriously. It is not a groundbreaking book on the theory of law and international relations and thankfully so. Instead, the book serves as an indispensable bridge between the theory and practice of law and international relations, providing a useful guide for understanding the complex relationships between law, politics, and power in the implementation of human rights on both the international and national legal planes. As Louise Arbour herself has explained, unless there are gaps, the law is not often the most difficult issue; it is at the political level, when rights have to be given concrete meaning, that things get tough. Her words of advice animate this book: “[T]rust your instinct. Don’t be scared. You have to be able to take risks, not to fit themold and not to let anybody squeeze you into their expectations.”