Tuesday, September 25, 2012

New Issue: ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal

The latest issue of the ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal (Vol. 27, no. 1, Spring 2012) is out. Contents include:
  • Case Comments
    • Andrea K. Bjorklund, Republic of Argentina v BG Group PLC
    • Jean E. Kalicki & Mallory B. Silberman, Spyridon Roussalis v Romania
    • Roland Kläger, Sergei Paushok, CJSC Golden East Company, CJSC Vostokneftegaz Company v Mongolia
    • Martin J. Valasek & Éric-Antoine Ménard, Impregilo SpA v Argentine Republic and Hochtief AG v The Argentine Republic: Making Sense of Dissents: The Jurisprudence Inconstante of the MFN Clause
    • Gabriel Cavazos Villanueva, El Paso Energy International Company v Argentine Republic
  • Articles
    • Christina L. Beharry, Objections to Requests for Documents in International Arbitration: Emerging Practices from NAFTA Chapter 11
    • Jürgen Kurtz, Australia’s Rejection of Investor–State Arbitration: Causation, Omission and Implication
    • Stephan W. Schill, Cross-Regime Harmonization through Proportionality Analysis: The Case of International Investment Law, the Law of State Immunity and Human Rights
    • Wenhua Shan, Norah Gallagher, & Sheng Zhang, National Treatment for Foreign Investment in China: A Changing Landscape
  • Notes
    • Amokura Kawharu, The Negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
    • Barton Legum & William Kirtley, The Status of the Report of the Executive Directors on the ICSID Convention
    • Sergio Puig & Chester Brown, The Secretary-General’s Power to Refuse to Register a Request for Arbitration under the ICSID Convention
    • J. Romesh Weeramantry, Investor–State Dispute Settlement Provisions in China’s Investment Treaties