Wednesday, March 5, 2014

New Issue: ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal

The latest issue of the ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal (Vol. 29, no. 1, Winter 2014) is out. Contents include:
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution in Investment Disputes
    • IBA Rules for Investor-State Mediation
    • Anna Joubin-Bret & Barton Legum, A Set of Rules Dedicated to Investor–State Mediation: The IBA Investor–State Mediation Rules
    • Silvia Constain, Mediation in Investor–State Dispute Settlement: Government Policy and the Changing Landscape
    • Roberto Echandi & Priyanka Kher, Can International Investor–State Disputes be Prevented? Empirical Evidence from Settlements in ICSID Arbitration
    • Susan D. Franck, Using Investor–State Mediation Rules to Promote Conflict Management: An Introductory Guide
    • Susan D. Franck & Anna Joubin-Bret, Investor–State Mediation: A Simulation
    • Frauke Nitschke, The IBA’s Investor–State Mediation Rules and the ICSID Dispute Settlement Framework
    • Wolf von Kumberg, Jeremy Lack, & Michael Leathes, Enabling Early Settlement in Investor–State Arbitration: The Time to Introduce Mediation Has Come
  • Case Comments
    • Roland Kläger, Werner Schneider (liquidator of Walter Bau AG) v Kingdom of Thailand: Sovereign Immunity in Recognition and Enforcement Proceedings under German Law
    • S. I. Strong, Ambiente Ufficio SpA and others v Argentine Republic: Heir of Abaclat? Mass and Multiparty Proceedings
  • Articles
    • Zachary Douglas, The Plea of Illegality in Investment Treaty Arbitration
    • Inna Uchkunova & Oleg Temnikov, Enforcement of Awards Under the ICSID Convention—What Solutions to the Problem of State Immunity?