Tuesday, August 2, 2011

New Issue: ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal

The latest issue of the ICSID Review: Foreign Investment Law Journal (Vol. 25, no. 1, Spring 2010) is out. Contents include:
  • Conference on International Investment Arbitration, Supreme Court of Singapore, January 20, 2010
    • Session 1: Are Tribunals Setting New Limits on Access to International Jurisdiction?
    • J. Christopher Thomas & Michael Ewing-Chow, The Maturation of Investment Treaty Arbitration
    • Michael Hwang, Recent Developments in Defining “Investment”
    • Brigitte Stern, Are There New Limits on Access to International Arbitration?
    • Richard Kreindler, Are Tribunals Setting New Limits on Access to International Jurisdiction?
    • Session 2: Corruption: How Should Tribunals Deal with Evidence of Corruption in the Making of an Investment or the Securing of Government Permits?
    • Constantine Partasides, Proving Corruption in International Arbitration: A Balanced Standard for the Real World
    • Doak Bishop, Toward a More Flexible Approach to the International Legal Consequences of Corruption
    • Andrea J. Menaker, The Determinative Impact of Fraud and Corruption on Investment Arbitrations
    • Luncheon Presentation
    • Meg Kinnear, ICSID: Its Role and Possibilities
    • Session 3: Is There a Special Role for Precedent in Investment Arbitration?
    • Judith Gill, Is There a Special Role for Precedent in Investment Arbitration?
    • Lucy Reed, The De Facto Precedent Regime in Investment Arbitration: A Case for Proactive Case Management
    • Zachary Douglas, Can a Doctrine of Precedent Be Justified in Investment Treaty Arbitration?
    • J. Romesh Weeramantry, The Future Role of Past Awards in Investment Arbitration
    • Session 4: The Articles on State Responsibility: How Have Tribunals Dealt with Them?
    • James Crawford, Investment Arbitration and the ILC Articles on State Responsibility (with Appendix)
    • Jürgen Kurtz, The Paradoxical Treatment of the ILC Articles on State Responsibility in Investor-State Arbitration
    • Robert Volterra, International Law Commission Articles on State Responsibility and Investor-State Arbitration: Do Investors Have Rights?