International Investment Law and Arbitration: Commentary, Awards and Other Materials

ISBN-13: 9781108823203 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 682 str.

Chin Lim; Jean Ho; Martins Paparinskis

Opis

A new edition connecting extracts from arbitral decisions, treaties and scholarly works with concise, up-to-date and reliable commentary.

Recenzje

'This volume deftly introduces scholars and students to a sweeping range of issues in international investment law and arbitration, from the historical origins of investment protection to contemporary reform proposals in investor-State dispute settlement. Beautifully written, it covers each issue in meticulous detail, while enhancing understanding and practical lessons through the use of further materials from cases, treaties and literature.' Tania Voon, University of Melbourne

Spis treści

Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of treaties, national legislation, cases and awards; List of abbreviations; 1. The origins of investment protection and international investment law; 2. Investment contracts and internationalisation; 3. The metamorphosis of investment treaties; 4. Investment dispute settlement; 5. Jurisdiction, admissibility and parallel proceedings; 6. Applicable laws; 7. Arbitrators; 8. Evidence; 9. Provisional measures; 10. Protected Investments; 11. Protected investors; 12. Fair and equitable treatment, and full protection and security ; 13. Contingent standards: national treatment and most-favoured nation treatment; 14. Expropriation; 15. Umbrella clauses; 16. Defences; 17. Remedies; 18. Costs and legal fees; 19. Challenging and enforcing awards, and the question of foreign state immunities; 20. New directions in international investment law and arbitration; Index.

O autorze

Lim, C. L. C. L. Lim is the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a visiting professor at King's College London and Honorary Senior Fellow of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He practises as a barrister with Keating Chambers, London. Lim worked previously as international law counsel for a government as well as at the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva, and he served three terms on a committee advising Hong Kong's Commerce Secretary. He is currently participating in the UNCITRAL WGIII deliberations in which he represents an observer entity. Ho, Jean Jean Ho is Associate Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore. She previously practised international investment law and arbitration at Shearman and Sterling LLP and now acts as counsel in investor-State disputes. She is a Member of the BIICL's Investment Treaty Forum, a Member of the Executive Council of the Asian Society of International Law, a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Asian Journal of International Arbitration, and an Expert on the UNIDROIT Working Group on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts. Paparinskis, Martins Martinis Paparinskis is Reader in Public International Law at University College London, Faculty of Laws. He is the Book Review Editor of Journal of World Investment and Trade, a member of the Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and a conciliator of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.