Monday, December 25, 2023

New Volume: European Investment Law and Arbitration Review

The latest volume of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review (Vol. 8, 2023) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • Belen Olmos Giupponi, Enforcing Sustainability Assessing the Effectiveness of the EU’s Trade and Investment Policy in Promoting and Implementing Sustainable Development Provisions
    • Marcin J. Menkes, Monetary Transfer Provisions and the Rule of Law from the International Investment Law Perspective 36 Boris Praštalo, On Corruption in International Arbitration Exploring the Topic through the Lens of the mol v. Croatia Saga
    • Ahan Gadkari, Status of Contracts with Rebel Groups during a Civil War
  • Essay Competition
    • Daniel Pap, Dispelling Myths – The European Court of Human Rights as a Viable Alternative to Investor-State Dispute Settlement in the European Union (Winner of the Essay Competition 2023)
    • Gülnur Ceylan, Observations on Taxation-Based Claims in International Investment Arbitration: Does the Power to Tax Involve the Power to Extinguish? (2nd Prize Winner of the Essay Competition 2023)
  • Case-Notes
    • Hugo Varenne & Núria Casas Cano, Latest Twist in the Komstroy Saga The Definition of “Investment” under the ect as Interpreted by the Paris Court of Appeal in Its Second Annulment Decision
    • Trajan Shipley, ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ Opinion 1/20 and the Fate of the ect Modernisation Process
    • Dilber Devitre & Prabhjot K. Singh, Yukos Capital Limited v The Russian Federation The Swiss Federal Supreme Court Upholds Interim and Final Award in the Yukos Saga
    • Daniel Quintero Botero, Westmoreland v Canada A Precedent against the Transferability of Treaty Claims
    • Matthew Peter Daminato, Whose Bond Is It Anyway? Interrogating the Tribunal Majority’s Application of Article 25(1) of the ICSID Convention in Adamakopoulos v Cyprus
    • Alexander Dünkelsbühler, The ICJ’s Judgment in Certain Iranian Assets Consequences for Investment Disputes Arising Out of Economic Sanctions