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Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Volume 7
Is it Time for a Regime Change? Protecting International Energy Investments against Political Risk. The 2013 seventh annual Juris investment arbitration conference put in issue the special role of international energy projects in the development of investor-state arbitration. It is currently one of the most active sectors of investor-state arbitration. The “facts” of the energy sector therefore are particularly well-developed in international jurisprudence. The similarities in the applicable law of investment protection between the energy sector and other sectors tend to hide from view what our panelists repeatedly uncovered: it is the facts of energy disputes that significantly set them...
Conciliation and Mediation in India
Global Trends in Dispute Resolution Series, Volume 11 It can be said that negotiation is about what to do, whereas mediation is about how to do it—how to make sure control is in the hands of the disputants. Although mediation (as well as conciliation) is taking hold in dispute resolution worldwide, among the nations, India shows the strongest signs of interest in developing a pervasive legal mediation culture. In this invaluable book, more than 20 formidable thought leaders with global reputations in dispute resolution describe how mediation is used, and can be used, to resolve different types of disputes in India and international cases. With a focus throughout on the law and procedure ap...
Guide to Energy Arbitrations
Global Arbitration Review's The Guide to Energy Arbitrations is an essential desk-top reference tool for energy companies, their advisers and arbitrators, bringing together a number of pre-eminent authors and pulling together the latest and best approaches to the myriad issues confronted in today's energy disputes. J William Rowley QC of 20 Essex St, acts as General Editor, editors are Doak Bishop of King & Spalding and Gordon Kaiser, with contributions from leading firms across the world. The book has 18 chapters split into 4 sections: I. Investor-State Disputes in the Energy Sector II. Commerical Disputes in the Energy Sector III. Contractual Terms IV. Procedural Issues in Energy Arbitrations. "e;The Guide to Energy Arbitration is a very useful and unique contribution to the literature in the area...it...assembles the views and insights of leading counsel and arbitrators on many of the key issues and trends in the energy arbitration world. It should be a valuable guide to energy companies and their internal and external counsel, in addition to being of interest to commercial and litigation lawyers generally."e; - Glenn Zacher, Partner, Stikeman Elliot
International Arbitration
In the spirit of Pieter Sanders’s classic Quo Vadis Arbitration? (1999), this far-reaching overview of the state of international arbitration thoroughly assesses the current condition and prospects of arbitration and conciliation with practical, insightful solutions to the new and emerging problems confronting arbitration practice today. A distinguished group of internationally renowned arbitrators, academics, and lawmakers elucidate the ubiquitous evolution towards increased technical complexity, the need for multi-focal and multi-cultural approaches, and the tension between desirable simplicity and indispensable precision that have come to characterize current arbitral practice and proce...
Asia's Changing International Investment Regime
This book focuses on the Asia-Pacific region, delineating the evolving dynamics of foreign investment in the region. It examines the relationship between efforts to increase foreign direct investment (FDI) and efforts to improve governance and inclusive growth and development. Against a background of rapidly developing international investment law, it emphasises the need to strike a balance between these domestic and international legal frameworks, seeking to promote both foreign investment and the laws and policies necessary to regulate investments and investor conduct. Foreign investments play a pivotal role in most countries’ political economies, and in order to encourage cross-border c...
A Guide to General Principles of Law in International Investment Arbitration
In recent years there has been a noticeable increase in references by investor-State arbitral tribunals to general principles of law as a source of law, however these references have rarely been accompanied by detailed explanation. This book aims to provide the actors involved in investor-State arbitration with a set of comprehensive guidelines to better understand the nature, meaning, and function of general principles of law in the field of international investment law. Applying these principles to practice, the book assesses seventeen concepts and notions in the field of investment arbitration to provide counsel and arbitrators with clear guidance on what should (and should not) be considered a general principle of law.
Reforming Arbitration Reform
Reforming Arbitration Reform: Emerging Voices, New Strategies and Evolving Values Edited by Crina Baltag & Mark Feldman The legitimacy of international arbitration is being called into question. Arbitration is now subject to a multitude of regulatory sources and critical voices that seem to compromise the core interests of arbitration users and the arbitration community. This comprehensive discussion of ongoing and emerging reform efforts in both commercial and investment arbitration provides a thorough examination of how evolving values of diversity, inclusiveness, and sustainability are impacting the very nature of the field. Capturing the imperative need to critically consider how these n...
Double Recovery in Investment Arbitration
This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of the risk of double compensation, often called double recovery, in the investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) system and proposes a practical solution to the problems which double compensation creates. The book responds to all the key questions that legal counsel, arbitrators, judges, and scholars facing the double compensation issue may have, including: What requirements must be met for the problem to arise? What have others said and done about the problem? What is the most effective way to tackle it? The proposed solution is based on currently available legal doctrines and practice and strikes a balance between investors’ and States’ interests.
Principles of Evidence in Public International Law as Applied by Investor-state Tribunals
In Principles of Evidence in Public International Law as Applied by Investor-State Tribunals, Kabir Duggal and Wendy Cai examine evidentiary principles of burden of proof and standard of proof by delving into applications by the International Court of Justice and investor-state tribunals.
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