...that some states have recognised the environmental implications of solely focussing on increasing foreign capital. Explicit reference to environmental issues and sustainable development is becoming increasingly common in BITs. However,...
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Author: Amr Jomaa* Jurisdiction: Lebanon Topics: BITs Investment Disputes I. INTRODUCTION On August 4, 2020, 2,500 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut exploded, causing colossal damage...
Potential Arbitration Proceedings for Investor-State Disputes Arising in the Aftermath ...
Author: Todd J. Weiler* Published: February 2000 Topics: Categories of Disputes Investment Disputes ICSID UNCITRAL BITs NAFTA Description: There has been a considerable amount of political hand wringing, but not...
The Ethyl Arbitration: First of Its Kind and a Harbinger ...
...A. Bermann Russia Report: The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in 2016 William R. Spiegelberger State Succession and BITs: Challenges for Investment Arbitration Raúl Pereira Fleury Contractualists Versus Jurisdictionalists: Who...
Volume 27: Issue 4 (May 2017)
Author: Alberto Alvarez-Jiménez* Published: December 2018 Jurisdictions: International Australia South America Uruguay Venezuela El Salvador Mexico Topics: Sources of Arbitration Law BITs Arbitral Decisions Basic Standards of Due Process States...
Tobacco Control Measures and International Investment Law After Philip Morris ...
...against a state. States consent to investor-state arbitration by signing bilateral investment treaties (BITs). For instance, Country A consents to arbitration with investors of Country B’s nationality by signing a...
The New Political Risk Insurance: An End to Corporate Nationality ...
...J. Solis Tobacco Control Measures and International Investment Law After Philip Morris v. Australia and Philip Morris v. Uruguay Alberto Alvarez-Jimenez Mutual Termination of Sunset Clauses in Intra-EU BITs: The...
Volume 29: Issue 2 (December 2018)
Author: Jerome Newton** Published: March 2019 Jurisdiction: International Topics: Categories of Disputes Investment Disputes NAFTA ICSID BITs WTO UNCITRAL Description: I. INTRODUCTION In March 2017, an arbitral tribunal delivered the...
Not Patently an Investment: Enforcing Intellectual Property Claims in Investment ...
Author: Alexander Ojugbeli Jurisdiction: International Russia Ukraine Topics: BITs Authority of the Arbitral Tribunal In May 2018, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) issued a monumental decision holding Russia accountable...
Crimea and the Challenge of Jurisdiction
Author: Shane Spelliscy** Published: January 2002 Topics: Categories of Disputes Arbitrability BITs Description: Is there anything left that is sacred? That is, is there anything left which is considered to...
Burning The Idols Of Non-Arbitrability: Arbitrating Administrative Law Disputes With Foreign ...
Author: Zara Shafruddin* Published: September 2019 Jurisdictions: International Australia Topics: Categories of Disputes Investment Disputes States as Parties BITs Sovereign Immunity ICSID International Litigation ECT NAFTA Description: The benefits of...
Investor-State Dispute Settlement Between Developed Countries: Why One Size Not ...
Author: Zhu (Judy) Wang* Published: December 2019 Jurisdictions: United States China Topics: Investment Disputes BITs Description: I. INTRODUCTION On August 13, 2018, President Donald Trump drastically changed the structure of...