Table of Contents |
| Editorial |
| In the Spotlight |
Enclaves of Justice |
Investment Treaty Arbitration and Public Law - A Return to the Gay Nineties? |
| Context & Culture |
The Rise of ADR in Cultural Context |
Aspects of Legal Argumentation |
| International Law on Foreign Investment |
Do BITs and FTAs comply with the General Agreement on Trade in Services? |
| International Law |
Toward a General Margin of Appreciation Doctrine in International Law? |
| Empirical and Statistical Analysis of Investment Disputes |
Precedent in Investment Treaty Arbitration: The Empirical Backing |
Table A: Precedent in ICSID Arbitration 1972 - 2006 |
Table B: Precedent in ICSID (AF) Arbitration 1978 - 2006 |
Table C: Precedent in NON-ICSID Arbitration 2000 - 2006 |
Table D: ICSID Arbitrators - Concluded Cases |
Table E: ICSID Arbitrators - Pending Cases |
| Intl. Arbitration: Procedure, Advocacy, Strategy and Tactics |
Looking Ahead: The Use of 28 U.S.C. § 1782 to Obtain Documents or Testimony from A Person or Entity in the United States in Aid of Foreign or International Arbitration |
U.S. Discovery in Aid of Foreign or International Proceedings: The Rise of 28 U.S.C. sec. 1782 |
The Independance and Impartiality of Arbitrators (La Independencia e Imparcialidad del Árbitro) |
A Tribunal by Any Other Name: US Discovery in Aid of Non-US Arbitration |
The Interplay of International, Federal and State Law in United States Arbitration |
Amicus Curiae Brief - CELS, ACIJ, CIEL, Consumidores Libres Cooperativa Ltda. ... - Suez Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona, S.A. and Vivendi Universal, S.A. v. The Republic of Argentina, ICSID case No. ARB/03/19, (04 April 2007) |
Amicus Curiae Brief - LEAT, LHRC, TGNP, CIEL and IISD - Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Limited v. United Republic of Tanzania, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/22, (26 March 2007) |
International Investment Disputes - An Advocate's View |
| International Commercial Arbitration |
Fulbright & Jaworski 2007 International Arbitration Report |
Efficient Dispute Resolution in the Maritime Construction Industry - Dispute Boards in Maritime Construction |
How French Law Treats Pathological Arbitration Clause |
The Federal Arbitration Act: Risks and Incongruities Relating to the Issuance of Interim and Partial Awards in Domestic and International Arbitrations |
Expanding Business Opportunities through International Arbitration |
El Perfil del Árbitro Global |
Presente y Futuro de La Acumulacion de Procedimientos Arbitrales en Materia de Inversiones Extranjeras |
Competencia de Los Tribunales Arbitrales a Traves de La Clausula de La Nacion Mas Favorecida: Lecciones Extraidas de La Reciente Practica Arbitral |
| International Commercial Law |
Legal Orders and Their Manifestation: The Operation of the International Commercial and Financial Legal Order and Its Lex Mercatoria |
Changed Circumstances and Pacta Sunt Servanda |
International Contracts between Common Law and Civil Law: Is Non-state Law to Be Preferred? The Difficulty of Interpreting Legal Standards Such as Good Faith |
Typologies, Efficacy and Political Economy of Stabilisation Clauses: A Critical Appraisal |
The Riba-Interest Equivalence: Is there an Ijma (consensus)? |
| International Investment Arbitration |
Investments "in accordance with host state law" |
ICSID and NON-Foreign Investment Disputes |
Substantive Review of ICSID Awards: Is the Desire for Accuracy Sufficient to Compromise Finality? |
| Investor-State Disputes - International Investment Law |
Learning from OPIC's Experience with Claims and Arbitration |
The Denunciation of the ICSID Convention |
A Black Year for ICSID |
Bolivia's withdrawal from ICSID |
Treaty v. Contract: Which Panel? |
Territoriality Under the ICSID Convention: Two Issues |
Jurisdiction Over "Contract Claims" in Treaty-Based Investment Arbitration on the Basis of Wide Dispute Settlement Clauses in Investment Agreements |
An Appealing Option? The Debate about an ICSID Appellate Structure |
The Interpretation of Umbrella Clauses in Bilateral Investment Treaties |
The North American and European Approaches in the International Investment Agreements |
The Entry into Force of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) - IIA MONITOR No. 3 (2006) |
Una Relacion Compleja: Competencia de Los Tribunales Arbítrales Y Los Tratados de Proteccion y Promocion de Inversiones |
Control: Yes? No? Maybe? (Latin America Investment & Arbitration Law Bi-Monthly - January 2007) |
Amicus Curiae: Increasing Pressure on Arbitral Panels by OCSs Concerned With the Public Interest (Latin America Investment & Arbitration Law Bi-Monthly - March 2007) |
| NAFTA |
Nothing Left to Chance: Thunderbird v. Mexico and the Power of a Domestic U.S. Court to Review a NAFTA Investment Arbitration Award |
International Thunderbird Gaming Corporation v. United Mexican States, Civil Action 06-00748 (HHK) - Memorandum Opinion |
International Thunderbird Gaming Corporation v. United Mexican States, Civil Action 06-00748 (HHK) - Judgment |
| Roundup of Articles |
Elements in Legislation and case law in selected countries consistent or inconsistent with a contractual or other analysis of relationship(s) between arbitrators and parties - Austria |
Latest Developments in Investor-State Dispute Settlement - IIA MONITOR No. 4 (2006) |
Explanation on China's draft property law |
| Good Governance |
How Multinational Investors Evade Developed Country Laws to Prevent Bribery and Corruption in the Developing World - Including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act - and What Can Be Done About It |
| Cases & Awards and Comment |
Precedent on Notion of Investment: ICSID Award in MHS v. Malaysia |
U.S. Supreme Court Decides Forum Non Conveniens Case: Sinochem v. Malaysia International Shipping |
Sinochem International Co. Ltd. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp |
West Tankers Inc v Ras Riunione Adriatica Di Sicurita Spa & ors |
West Tankers Inc v. RAS Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta SpA and others - Opinions |
Consolidation of Investment Disputes |
Duke Energy International Peru Investments v. Republic of Peru |
Repsol, YPF v. Petroecuador |
Repsol, YPF v. Petroecuador - Arb/01/10 - Award |
Sociedad Anónima Eduardo Vieira v. Republic of Chile (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/7) - Award |
Sociedad Anónima Eduardo Vieira v. Republic of Chile (ICSID Case No. ARB/04/7) - Dissenting Opinion of Susana Czar de Zalduendo |
CAA and VIVENDI v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/97/3) - Award |
Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide v. Republic of the Philippines - Compliance With National Laws: A Jurisdictional Requirement Under Bits? |
Fraport AG v the Republic of the Philippines (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/25) - Award |
Fraport AG v the Republic of the Philippines (ICSID Case No. ARB/03/25) - Dissenting Opinion of Mr. Bernardo M. Cremades |
Canfor, Tembec and Terminal Forest Products Joint Order on the Costs of Arbitration and for the Termination of Certain Arbitral Proceedings |
US Decision in 25-Year Iran Case upholds Private Right of Action for Expropriation under Treaty of Amity |
McKesson Corp. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Civ. Action No. 82-220 (RJL) (D.D.C. July 17, 2007) |
Positive Software Solutions Decision Overruled En Banc |
Positive Software Solutions, Inc. v. New Century Mortgage Corporation; New Century Financial Corporation; Econduit Corporation; the Anyloan Company; Jeff Lemieux; Frank Nese. United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 04-11432 |
The Fifth Circuit's Positive Software Solutions v. New Century Mortgage - Underscoring the Need for a Positive Solution to Arbitrator Disclosure for a New Century |
Balancing Investors' Interests and State Sovereignty: The ICSID-Decision on Jurisdiction Plama Consortium Ltd. v. Republic of Bulgaria |
Singapore Court of Appeal rules that the Doctrine of Champerty applies to Arbitration Proceedings (Otech Pakistan Pvt Ltd v Clough Engineering Ltd) |
Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation & 20 Ors v Yuri Privalov & 17 Ors |
Dadourian Group International and others v Simms and others |
Blacklines of the KORUS FTA's Investment Chapter against the Investment Chapters of each of DR-CAFTA and the US-Colombia FTA |
KORUS Investment Chapter Compared with DR-CAFTA Investment Chapter |
KORUS Investment Chapter Compared with US-Colombia TPA Investment Chapter |
JSC Latvijas Gaze v. The Republic of Latvia. Arbitral Award 19 June 2003 |
State Subsidies and Public Policy |
JSC Latvijas Gaze v. The Republic of Latvia. Svea Court of Appeals judgment - Case no. T 6730-03 |
English translation of the Svea Court Petrobart decision - JUDGMENT Case no. T 5208-05 |
Intel Corporation v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - No. 02-572 |
Aguas del Tunari v. Bolivia |
Siemens A.G. v. The Argentine Republic (Latin America Investment & Arbitration Law Bi-Monthly - May 2007) |
Ovalar Makine Ticaret ve Sanayi v Applied Industrial Materials Corporation (Aimcor) - Docket No. 06-3297-cv |
| Russian Disputes |
Between Private and Public International Law: Exorbitant Jurisdiction as Illustrated by the Yukos Case |
Mikhail Khodorkovsky v. Swiss Federal Public Prosecutor's Office - Decision of August 13, 2007 (1A.29/2007/col.) |
Arbitration Under New Rules of the International Commercial Arbitration Court in Moscow |
| International Oil & Gas Arbitration |
Arbitration and Natural Resources |
Texas Federal Court adds to Precedent Allowing Non-Signatories to be Bound By Arbitration Agreements and Adds Helpful Holding on Jurisdictional Issues. |
History of International Oil & Gas Disputes |
Negotiating and Drafting Dispute Resolution Provisions for International Petroleum Contracts |
The Duty to Negotiate in Good Faith and the Enforceability of Short-Form Natural Gas Clauses in Production Sharing Agreements |
| Energy Charter Treaty Arbitration |
Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET): Interactions with other Standards |
Intra-EU BIT Investment Protection and the EC Treaty |
| Infrastructure Investment & Dispute Management |
Hardship and Changed Circumstances as Excuse for Non-Performance of Contracts - Practical Considerations in International Infrastructure Investment and Finance |
Why Are Developing World Private Finance Contracts So Difficult to Get Right? |
| Mediation & ADR |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| Human Rights |
International Human Rights Breaches Connected to the Activities of Multinational Enterprises |
Investment Arbitration and Human Rights |
| Taxation |
Arbitration of Tax Treaty Disputes - The 2008 OECD Model for income tax treaties will contain an arbitration clause |
| Book Reviews & Related Materials |
ADR in Business, Practice and Issues across Countries and Cultures. J.C. Goldsmith, A. Ingen-Housz & G. Pointon - book review |
Investment Treaty Law - Current Issues Volume 1, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London 2006 - Ortino/Sheppard/Warner (eds.) - a book review |
International Investment, Political Risk and Dispute Resolution, Noah Rubins and Stephan Kinsella - book review |
Issues of State Responsibility before International Judicial Institutions. Malgosia Fitzmaurice/Dan Sarooshi (eds.) - book review |
Annulment of ICSID Awards. Emmanuel Gaillard and Yas Banifatemi (eds.) - book review |
Selected book abstracts |
| Conference Reports |
Committee on the International Law of Foreign Investment |
| Professional News |
Conferences & Seminars |
President Musharraf promulgates Recognition and Enforcement (Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards) |
News |
| Bibliography |
Claims Against Arbitrators for Breach of Ethical Duties (Bibliography of Materials) |
Arbitration, Volume 74 Number 2 May 2007 (CIArb journal) |
Arbitration, Volume 73 Number 1 February 2007 (CIArb journal) |
The Journal of World Investment & Trade, Volume 8 August 2007 |
The Journal of World Investment & Trade, Volume 8 June 2007 |
The Journal of World Investment & Trade, Volume 8 April 2007 |
The Journal of World Investment & Trade, Volume 8 February 2007 |
The Journal of World Investment & Trade, Volume 7 December 2006 |
| New in the TDM Articles Archive |
Recently added material to the TDM Archive |
