Introduction

I propose to touch on three topics. First, in connection with the body of jurisdictional decisions that has arisen from the cases involving Argentina, I propose to restate the general proposition as regards the distinction between treaty claims and contract claims (which has mostly already been done); secondly, to refer specifically to the decision in Azurix Corporation v Argentina , where the tribunal was faced with an express waiver of jurisdictional fora other than the local courts; and thirdly, to outline some implications of this decision for possible hypothetical ...