Investment arbitration has become the primary means of settling disputes between states and foreign investors. The majority of those arbitration proceedings take place before tribunals of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). This book provides the reader with concise summaries of the facts and holdings of ICSID Tribunals in the years 2003-2007. Extensive cross-references and footnotes allow the reader to find other awards confirming or rejecting certain holdings, and analytical chapters explain the development of the jurisprudence. Since the average...

Investment arbitration has become the primary means of settling disputes between states and foreign investors. The majority of those arbitration proceedings take place before tribunals of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). This book provides the reader with a reliable reference guide containing concise summaries of the facts and holdings of ICSID Tribunals in the years 1974-2002. This period saw some of the most controversial and interesting ICSID awards and decisions, such as those in the Tradex, Metalclad, and Salini cases. This jurisprudence has...

Unternehmen, die im Ausland investiert haben, benotigen effektiven Rechtsschutz gegenuber volkerrechtswidrigen Massnahmen des auslandischen Staates. Der diplomatische Schutz und -klassische- Wirtschaftsschiedsverfahren tragen aber weder den Interessen der Investoren noch der beteiligten Staaten hinreichend Rechnung.
Demgegenuber weisen volkervertragsrechtlich verankerte Schiedsverfahren wesentliche Vorzuge auf. Beispielhaft zeigt sich das an Artikel 26 des 1998 in Kraft getretenen Energiechartavertrages, der es ermoglicht, einen Vertragsstaat wegen der Verletzung des Vertrages direkt vor...