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TDM 1 (2009)

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Editorial

Professor Thomas W. Wälde (1949-2008)

International Law

Fragmentation of International Law - The Function and Scope of the Lex Specialis Rule and the Question of 'self-Contained Regimes': An Outline

M. Koskenniemi, Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights

The Function of Law in the International Community: 75 Years After

M. Koskenniemi, Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights

Is Transnational Law Eclipsing International Law?

D. Kalderimis, Chapman Tripp

Cuba and the Development of Odious Debt Doctrine in an Age of Financial Crisis

L.C. Backer, Pennsylvania State University

Time and Cost Issues in International Arbitration

Arbitration Costs Bulletin Issue 4, October 2008

Global Arbitration & Litigation Services Ltd., GALS

Arbitration Costs Bulletin Issue 3, June 2008

Global Arbitration & Litigation Services Ltd., GALS

Arbitration Costs Bulletin Issue 2, March 2008

Global Arbitration & Litigation Services Ltd., GALS

Arbitration Costs Bulletin Issue 1, January 2008

Global Arbitration & Litigation Services Ltd., GALS

Corruption and Arbitration

The Corruption Defense in Investment Disputes: A Discussion of the Imbalance between International Discourse and Arbitral Decisions

J.N. Summerfield, Esq., Jacobs Engineering Group

Empirical and Statistical Analysis of Investment Disputes

An Analysis of a Developing Jurisprudence in International Investment Law - What Investment Treaty Tribunals Are Saying and Doing (Presentation)

J.P. Commission, Burford Capital

An Analysis of a Developing Jurisprudence in International Investment Law - What Investment Treaty Tribunals Are Saying and Doing (Tables)

J.P. Commission, Burford Capital

Arbitration - General Issues

The Liberty of Decision of the Arbitral Tribunal

J.P. Gaffney, Al Tamimi & Company

Procedure, Advocacy, Strategy and Tactics in Arbitration

Recommended Strategy For Getting The Right International Arbitral Tribunal: A Practitioner's View

C.R. Seppälä, White & Case LLP

Application and Avoidance of §28 U.S.C. §1782 Discovery in International Commercial Arbitration; Can the New York Convention and the Doctrine of "Manifest Disregard of the Law" Help or Hurt?

P.J. Martinez-Fraga, Bryan Cave LLP

UNCITRAL Arbitration: New Rules on Transparency?

J.H. Sutcliffe, K&L Gates LLP
A. Sabater, Chaffetz Lindsey LLP

Participation of Amici Curiae in Investment Treaty Arbitration

F. Strack, TÜV Rheinland AG

Current Trends in International Arbitral Practice as Reflected in the Revision of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules

J. Levine, Arbitrator

La solicitud de arbitraje en el marco del Mecanismo Complementario del CIADI implica una renuncia a los recursos ante los tribunales estatales

A. De Jesús O., Transnational Arbitration, Litigation & Business Law

The Development of a Template Form for Providing Party Feedback to Arbitrators

E. Eftekhari, US-Iran Chamber of Commerce

Form for Submission to Parties at Conclusion of Draft Proceedings (Following Settlement or Final Award)

The Arbitrator's Jurisdiction to Determine Jurisdiction

W.W. Park, Boston University, School of Law

Electronic Evidence in International Arbitration: Current Issues and Tips to Consider

R. Moloo, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act - Waiver of Service of Process

B.S. Vasani

Democratic Republic of Congo v. FG Hemisphere Associates, LLC (No. 07-7045, November 27 2007)

Standards and Responsibilities for Members of the AAA Roster of Neutrals (September 2008)

ICDR Guidelines for Arbitrators Concerning Exchanges of Information

International Centre for Dispute Resolution, (ICDR)

Disclosures for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes: A Checklist (01/2009)

Disclosures for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes: A Checklist (redline version, 01/2009)

CPR Protocol on Disclosure of Documents and Presentation of Witnesses in Commercial Arbitration

International Commercial Law

Drafting Tips for Contracting With Sovereign Parties

P.H.F. Bekker, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP

The "Troika" and Its Effects on the Harmonisation of Contract Law - Illustrated by the Duty of Good Faith Between the Parties

G.C. Moss, University of Oslo

Investor-State Disputes - International Investment Law

Jurisdiction and Admissibility

J. Paulsson, Three Crowns LLP

International Arbitration is Not Arbitration

J. Paulsson, Three Crowns LLP

El Poder de los Estados para Hacer Promesas Significativas a los Extranjeros

J. Paulsson, Three Crowns LLP

Germany as a Place for International and Domestic Arbitrations - General Overview

K.H. Böckstiegel, University of Cologne
S. Kröll, Rechtsanwalt
P. Nacimiento, Herbert Smith Freehills

The Protection of Legitimate Expectations As A 'General Principle of Law': Some Preliminary Thoughts

C. Brown, University of Sydney / Essex Court Chambers

Transnational Public Policy and the Internal Law of State Parties

D.J.A. Cairns, Int-Arb Arbitrators & Mediators

"Investment and ..." - The Broader Picture of Investment Law

A. Reinisch, Department of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna

On the Denunciation of the ICSID Convention, Consent to ICSID Jurisdiction, and the Limits of the Contract Analogy

O.M. Garibaldi, International Arbitrator

Treaty and Contract in Investment Arbitration

J. Crawford, International Court of Justice

A Problem in Investor/State Arbitration

G. Kahale, III, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Once and Forever? The Legal Effects of a Denunciation of ICSID

C. Tietje, Transnational Economic Law Research Center (TELC), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
K. Nowrot, Transnational Economic Law Research Center (TELC), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
C. Wackernagel, Institute for Economic Law, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

Applicable Law in Investor-State Arbitration

A.R. Parra

Enforcement of ICSID Awards: Articles 53 and 54 of the ICSID Convention

S.A. Alexandrov, Stanimir A. Alexandrov PLLC

Is There A Better Way? Alternative Methods of Treaty-Based, Investor-State Dispute Resolution

J.W. Salacuse, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Reflections on Investment Awards: Annulment Enforcement and Appeals

G. Griffith, KC, Essex Court Chambers

A Notion of ICSID Investment

D. Krishan, Lawyer

The Argentine Financial Crisis: State Liability Under BITs and the Legitimacy of the ICSID System

W.W. Burke-White, University of Pennsylvania Law School

International Investment Law and the Host State's Power to Handle Economic Crises - Comment on the ICSID Decision in LG&E v. Argentina

S.W. Schill, University of Amsterdam

Umbrella Clauses

J.P. Gaffney, Al Tamimi & Company

Admission of Investments and the ICSID Convention

C. Baltag, Attorney-at-law

Indirect Expropriation in Recent Investment Arbitration

C. Knahr, Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy

Post-Annulment Options: Possible Recourse by Investor's Home State

L.M. Caplan, Arent Fox LLP

MFN Clause and Procedural Rights: Seeking Solutions from WTO Experiences

W. Ben Hamida, University of Evry Val d'Essonne & Sciences Po, Paris (France)

What is a Legal Dispute?

C.H. Schreuer

Is it Necessary to Invest in Accordance With the Laws of the Host Country (November 2007)

I. Gomez-Palacio, Gomez-Palacio y Asociados

Recognition and enforcement of ICSID awards

G. Bottini, Arbitrator and Advisor on Issues of Int'l Law and Int'l Litigation

ICSID Jurisprudence: Between Homogeneity and Heterogeneity A Call for Appeal?

A. Tsatsos, Rhodes Bar Association, Hellas-Greece

The Investor's Expectations in International Investment Arbitration

A. von Walter, University of Bonn

World Investment Report 2008

UNCTAD, www.unctad.org

Latest developments in investor-State dispute Settlement - IIA MONITOR No. 1 (2008)

UNCTAD, www.unctad.org

Bringing Mediation to Russia - Voluntary, Mandatory and Court Encouraged Mediation Schemes - What Works? What Doesn't?

D.I. Shapiro (†), Mediator/Arbitrator

RosInvestCo UK Ltd. v The Russian Federation, Case no: Arbitration V 079 / 2005 (SCC) - Award on Jurisdiction

Dutch court voids YUKOS bankruptcy in Netherlands (Godfrey et al. v Rebgun et al. - judgment (355622 / HA ZA 06-3612))

Dispute resolution and Russian .ru domain names

V. Dankov, Kimberly-Clark

Intellectual Property Rights and Investment Disputes

International Arbitration: The Only Way to Resolve Multi-Jurisdictional Patent Disputes in a Single Forum

A.M. Anderson, Alan Anderson Law Firm LLC
C.A. Young, Kutak Rock LLP
B. Razavi, Breck School

Roundup of Articles

The Democratization of the Invisible College

J.E. Alvarez, New York University School of Law

The Adventures of an American Litigator in International Arbitration

A. de Gramont, Dechert LLP

Equivalent Standards under Domestic Administrative Law: A Comparative Perspective

G. della Cananea, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Refusing Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Ukraine (Procedural issues and application of non-arbitrability and public policy grounds)

O. Beketov, AstapovLawyers International Law Group
D. Marchukov

Investment Arbitration Update (As of December 31, 2008)

R.E. Walck, Global Financial Analytics LLC
L.A. Ahee, Global Financial Analytics LLC

Investment Arbitration Update (As of December 31 2007)

R.E. Walck, Global Financial Analytics LLC
L.A. Ahee, Global Financial Analytics LLC

Towards Harmonizing and Strengthening the Framework for Intra-Arab Investment

H. El-Kady, UNCTAD

The Republic of Turkey in Arbitration

C. Rumpf, Rumpf Rechtsanwälte

The State of Arbitration in Nigeria

A. Akinbote, Akin Akinbote & Co.

The Indian Supreme Court Totally Abolishes the Statutory Distinction Between Domestic and Foreign Awards

S.P. Woolhouse, No 5 Chambers

Ireland & England - Scope of Arbitration Agreement. Has In Re Kinoshita re-emerged across the Atlantic?

J.P. Gaffney, Al Tamimi & Company

Analysis of Brazilian Law: Can A Brazilian Lawyer Be Called As A Fact Witness in International Arbitration Proceedings?

P.A. Costa Braga de Oliveira

Fulbright International Arbitration Report 2008

Fulbright & Jaworski, www.fulbright.com

International Arbitration: Corporate Attitudes and Practices 2008

Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on the "Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007"

P.B. Rutledge, University of Georgia School of Law

Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on the "Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007"

R.W. Naimark, International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)

Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on the "Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007"

Bilateral Investment Treaties: Recent Developments (September 2008)

I. Gomez-Palacio, Gomez-Palacio y Asociados

The Changing World of Foreign Investment. Protectionism and Sovereign Wealth Funds (May 2008)

I. Gomez-Palacio, Gomez-Palacio y Asociados

Recent Trends on International Investment Rule Making (March 2008)

I. Gomez-Palacio, Gomez-Palacio y Asociados

Foreign Investment in the Americas - Recent Developments (September 2007)

I. Gomez-Palacio, Gomez-Palacio y Asociados

Case Comments & Awards

African Holding Company of America, Inc. and Société Africaine de Construction au Congo S.A.R.L. v. Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICSID Case No ARB/05/21) - Short Comment

J.P. Gaffney, Al Tamimi & Company

African Holding Company of America, Inc. and Société Africaine de Construction au Congo S.A.R.L. v. Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICSID Case No ARB/05/21) - Award (July 29, 2008)

African Holding Company of America, Inc. and Société Africaine de Construction au Congo S.A.R.L. v. Democratic Republic of the Congo (ICSID Case No ARB/05/21) - Dissenting Opinion (July 29, 2008)

Case Note: Eastern Sugar B.V. v. The Czech Republic

J. Chalker, Sustainable Development Legal Assistance (SDLA)

Euro Telecom v. Bolivia: The Denunciation of the ICSID Convention and ICSID Arbitration Under Bits

R. Castro de Figueiredo, TRIBE ARBITRATION

Safeguarding Against Expropriation of Assets in Latin America: The Bolivian Water Decision, Distilled

T.G. Nelson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
M.E. Schnabl, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

First Cases Where Are Applied the New ICSID Rules on Transparency and Amicus Curiae

E. Fernández Masiá, School of Law of Albacete, University of Castilla-La Mancha

Case Note: Opinion Of Advocate General Kokott in Allianz SpA (formerly Riunione Adriatica Di Sicurta SpA) and Others v West Tankers Inc. (Case C-185/07 delivered on 4 September 2008)

A.I. Pribetic, Himelfarb Proszanski LLP

English Court Anti-Suit Injunctions and the ECJ Advocate-General's Opinion in West Tankers: the End of an Era?

D.J. Howell, Arbitrator

Allianz SpA v West Tankers Inc. (Case C-185/07 - Opinion of Advocate General Kokott)

"Court Save the Queen:" The European Court of Justice Quashes Another Deeply-Rooted Common Law Remedy in Transnational Parallel Litigation

M.M. Winkler, Piergrossi

Allianz SpA v West Tankers Inc. (Judgement, Case C-185/07)

Decision of the Court of Appeals of Brussels in the Eureko case (Judge Schwebel challenge)

Noble Energy Inc. and MachalaPower Cía. Ltd. v. Republic of Ecuador and Consejo Nacional de Electricidad (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/12) - DECISION ON JURISDICTION

AFL-CIO CAFTA-DR Guatemala Petition

Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara v. Karaha Bodas Company, L.L.C. (No. 07-619)

Goss International Corporation v. Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, et al. (No. 07-618)

Hall Street: The End of Manifest Disregard Challenges to International Arbitral Awards in the U.S.?

J.P. Duffy IV, Reed Smith LLP

Fiona Trust House of Lords Judgment

J. Wessel, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Fiona Trust & Holding Corp v. Privalov [2007] UKHL 40. - House of Lords Judgment

ICSID tribunal finds expropriation but awards no damages (Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Ltd. v United Republic of Tanzania)

Herbert Smith Freehills, www.herbertsmith.com

ICSID case law review - Chronique de Réglement Pacifique des Différends Internationaux (2005)

J. Fouret, Eversheds Sutherland
D. Khayat, Mayer Brown

Ioannis Kardassopoulos v. Georgia (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/18) - Decision on Jurisdiction

Czech Republic - ZIPimex

SENTENCE ARBITRAGE ENTRE CDR CRÉANCES CONSORTIUM de RÉALISATION ET MJA SELAFA Me Didier COURTOUX Monsieur Bernard TAPIE Madame Bernard TAPIE (7 Juillet 2008)

Archer Daniels Midland Company and Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc. v. United Mexican States (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/04/5)

CMS Gas Transmission Company v. The Republic of Argentina (Petition to Enforce Foreign Arbitral Award)

Gujarat Urja Vikash Nigam Ltd v. Essar Power Ltd (Judgment 13/03/2008)

EU Developments

Observations on the Report on the Application of Regulation Brussels I in the Member States of the European Union ("Schlosser Report")

The Findings and Proposals of the Heidelberg Report - A Reply to the ICC French Working Group

B. Hess, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law
T. Pfeiffer, Heidelberg University, Institute for Foreign and Private Internatinal Law
P.F. Schlosser, www.prof-schlosser.de

Latin America

Quick Reference: Lex Loci - Enforcement of U.S. Judgments in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

F.R. de Abreu, BFFLAW
A. Carska-Sheppard
J.E. da Cunha Bueno Filho, J. Bueno e Mandaliti
F. Deyá, Google
J. Medford, Smith Moore LLP
X. Valle, WSC

Bolivia's Proposed Changes to its Constitution and Their Effect on the Enforceability of Foreign Awards

G. Bilder, Alstom Power Systems

Compensation and Damages in International Investment Arbitration

Damages and Compensation in Investment-State Arbitration: The Color of Green Dollars (January 2008)

I. Gomez-Palacio, Gomez-Palacio y Asociados

International Oil & Gas Arbitration

The Role of Arbitration in the Globalisation of Energy Markets: Perspective in the Year 2000

T.W. Wälde (†), CEPMLP, University of Dundee

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Oil and Gas Industry

T. Treves, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Energy Charter Treaty

The Applicability of the Energy Charter Treaty in ICSID Arbitration of EU Nationals vs. EU Member States

C. Tietje, Transnational Economic Law Research Center (TELC), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

The Energy Charter Treaty's Investor Protection Provisions: Potential to Foster Solutions to Global Warming and Promote Sustainable Development

E. Sussman, SussmanADR

Russia and the Energy Charter Treaty: The Unplumbed Depths of Provisional Application

S. Nappert, 3 Verulam Buildings

China

Investment Treaties and the Evolution in Their Negotiation and Application: The New Germany-China "BIT" and Its Relevance to International Financial Law Trends

R.H. Kreindler, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Tearing Down the Great Wall: The New Generation Investment Treaties of the People's Republic of China

S.W. Schill, University of Amsterdam

Infrastructure Investment & Dispute Management

Remarks by Deputy Secretary Kimmitt to the U.S.-GCC Investment Forum in Bahrain (December 2007)

Mediation & ADR

Why Mediate? The Benefits of Mediation over Direct Negotiation and Litigation

E. Sussman, SussmanADR

Conciliation: Enforcement of Settlement Agreements

T. Wiwen-Nilsson, Advoakt Tore Wiwen-Nilsson AB

Is Mediation of Foreign Investment Disputes Plausible?

S.M. Schwebel

A Boost for Mediation in Civil and Commercial Matters: European Parliament Endorses New Rules

Human Rights

Nationality and the Protection of Property Under the European Convention on Human Rights

U. Kriebaum, University of Vienna

Is the European Court of Human Rights an Alternative to Investor-State Arbitration?

U. Kriebaum, University of Vienna

International Law and Negotiating Power in Foreign Investment Projects: Comparing Property Rights Protection Under Human Rights and Investment Law in Africa

L. Cotula, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Business and Human Rights: A Political Scientist's Guide to Survival in a Domain Where Lawyers and Activists Reign

J.G. Ruggie

Protect, Respect and Remedy: a Framework for Business and Human Rights

J.G. Ruggie

Intersections: Dissemblance or Convergence between International Trade and Investment Law

Dispute Settlement over Exchange Measures Affecting Trade and Investments: IMF, WTO, ICSID and Today's Relevance of Safeguard Clauses

A. Viterbo, Faculty of Law, University of Torino

Book Reviews & Related Materials

Valuation for Arbitration, Mark Kantor (book review)

I. Marboe, University of Vienna

The Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law, P. Muchlinski, F. Ortino & C. Schreuer (eds.) - (book review)

M. Sasson, Arbitra International

"Expert Determination" (Book review)

H.R. Dundas, International Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert Determiner

The Arbitrators' Toolbox for Achieving the "Ideal"

A. Price, Herbert Smith LLP
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