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Regular issue - special focus on Argentina

Editorial

Editorial, Volume II, issue #03 - June 2005

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

Context & Culture

Political Risk Insurance: Is it Worth it?

J. Page, Allen & Overy LLP

Foreign Investment in China and the Role of Law: Empirical Evidence from EU Investors

W. Shan, Xi'an Jiaotong University. Supreme People's Court, PR China

International Law

The Democratization of Contemporary International Law-Making Processes and the Differentiation of Their Application

W.M. Reisman, Yale Law School

Jose Ernesto Medellin v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division - No. 04-5928 (Brief for Professors)

Jose Ernesto Medellin v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division - No. 04-5928 (Brief)

Arbitration - General Issues

Status Report: Ex Parte Interim Measures Under Draft Article 17 of the UNCITRAL Model Law

C.R. Drahozal, University of Kansas, School of Law

Joinder - Current Practice in International Arbitration

M. McIlwrath, MDisputes
S.A.H. Moollan, Essex Court Chambers

Lloyds Open Form Arbitration: a Unique Process

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

Enforcement of Arbitral Awards against Russian Companies outside Russia

P.A. Stankewitsch, Baker & McKenzie

The Role of the International Arbitral Tribunal Secretary

E. Onyema, SOAS University of London

Court Intervention in Support of Arbitration: A Classic Case

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

International Commercial Arbitration

Who is Bound by Arbitration Agreements? Enforcement by and against Non-Signatories

J.J. Sentner, Jr. (†), Gardere

Indonesia's New Framework for International Arbitration: A Critical Assessment of the Law and Its Application by the Courts

J.K. Schäfer, King & Spalding
Mulyana, Mochtar Karuwin Komar

Japan's New Arbitration Law

H. Oghigian, Fasken

International Commercial Arbitration and Sovereign Immunity: Lithuania survives to Fight Again

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

Legal opinion submitted to the Svea Court of Appeal

C.H. Schreuer

Legal opinion submitted to the Stockholm Tribunal in the Quantum Proceedings

C.H. Schreuer

Comments relating to Applicable Law on the Stockholm Tribunal´s Final Award of 14 March 2003

C.H. Schreuer

Investor-State Disputes - International Investment Law

Shareholder Protection in International Investment Law

C.H. Schreuer

The Proposed Convention to Protect Private Foreign Investment - A Round Table

Arbitration Under the ECT and Other Investment Protection Treaties: Parallel Arbitration Tribunals and Awards

B. M. Cremades, B. Cremades & Asociados

Yukos Oil Company dismissal order, Case No. 04-47742-H3-11 (Judgement)

Yukos Oil Company dismissal order, Case No. 04-47742-H3-11 (Memorandum opinion)

Expert Opinion: Yukos and The Russian Federation

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

Expert Opinion on International Law Issues, Professor Alan Vaughan Lowe, in re: Yukos Oil Company, Case No. 04-47742-H3-11

V. Lowe, All Souls College, University of Oxford

Report of David Anderson, in re: Yukos Oil Company, Case No. 04-47742-H3-11

Expert Report on Russian Law, Peter B. Maggs, in re: Yukos Oil Company, Case No. 04-47742-H3-11

The Gate to Arbitration - The Yukos Case and the Provisional Application of the Energy Charter Treaty in the Russian Federation

U.G. Klaus, Transnational Economic Law Research Center (TELC)

Suggested Changes to the ICSID Rules and Regulations - Working Paper of the ICSID Secretariat - May 12, 2005

ICSID, icsid.worldbank.org

Nationality of ICSID Arbitrators

N.D. Rubins, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Enforcement of ICSID Awards in National Courts

J. Wood, RPC (Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP)

Why Your Arbitration Agreement Matters: Anticipating Disputes in International Transactions (A short introduction)

J.E. Kalicki, Arbitrator
M. Kantor, www.mark-kantor.com

Why Your Arbitration Agreement Matters: Anticipating Disputes in International Transactions (Transcript)

Changement de législation fiscale et arbitrage international

S. Manciaux, University of Bourgogne, CREDIMI

The Legitimacy Crisis in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Privatizing Public International Law Through Inconsistent Decisions

S.D. Franck, American University Washington College of Law

Zimbabwe facing treaty claims arising out of land reform programme

L.E. Peterson, Investment Arbitration Reporter

Most favoured nation treatment and dispute resolution under bilateral investment treaties: a turning point?

S. Fietta, Fietta

The Concept of Expropriation under the ETC and other Investment Protection Treaties

C.H. Schreuer

Regulatory "Takings" - New US Supreme Court Decision

M. Kantor, www.mark-kantor.com

Expropriation of Alien Property and the Principle of Non-Discrimination in International Law of Foreign Investment: an Overview

A.F.M. Maniruzzaman, University of Portsmouth

International Dispute Resolution Newsletter, March 2005

White & Case, www.whitecase.com

USMCA - NAFTA

NAFTA News - Volume IV, Issue 2

T. Weiler, treatylaw.com

Roundup of Articles

Proyecto de ley

Arbitration Case Law on Bribery: Issues of Arbitrality, Contract Validity, Merits and Evidence

A. Crivellaro, BonelliErede

Case Comments & Awards

Bloch-Bauer Holocaust claims tribunal award - a comment

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

Court Has No Power under Model Law to Restrain hallenged Arbitrator from Proceeding Prior to Completion of Arbitration

M. Hwang, Michael Hwang S.C.

Is There Room for Customary Law in International Investment Law? (The Requirement of Continuous Corporate Nationality in the Loewen Case)

P. Acconci, University of Teramo

Plama Consortium Limited v. Republic of Bulgaria (ARB/03/24) - The most-favoured-nation clause issue

C. Crépet Daigremont, l'Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas

Plama v. Bulgaria and the scope of investment treaty MFN clauses

N. Gallus

Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka, a.s. v. Slovak Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/97/4)

Republic of Ecuador v. Occidental Exploration & Petroleum Company, [2005] EWHC 774 (Comm) - A case comment

D. Krishan, Lawyer

Republic of Ecuador v. Occidental Exploration & Petroleum Company, [2005] EWHC 774 (Comm) - Judgement

Impregilo S.A. v. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan - a case comment

D. Krishan, Lawyer

New ICSID awards: Salini and Lucchetti

O.E. Garcia-Bolivar, BG Consulting, Inc

C.I.R.D.I. 2004

E. Gaillard, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

C.I.R.D.I. 2005

E. Gaillard, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

Occidental of Bangladesh Ltd & Maxwell Engineering Works Ltd - Introduction

Occidental of Bangladesh Ltd & Maxwell Engineering Works Ltd - Appellate Division Judgment

Occidental of Bangladesh Ltd & Maxwell Engineering Works Ltd - Singapore Order of Court

Claim under Judgment as Property Right, Delay in the Execution of Judgments

CMS Gas Transmission Company v. Argentine Republic (ICSID Case No. ARB/01/08)

ICSID, icsid.worldbank.org

Geneva Court rejects request for anti-arbitration injunction

M. Scherer, LALIVE Attorneys-at-law

Latin America

Translation of Dr Rosatti's "Globalization, Statism and Law (Argentina and ICSID)" article

Is Calvo finally back?

G.S. Tawil, M. & M. Bomchil

ARGENTINA VS. ICSID: Unconstitutionality of the BITs and ICSID jurisdiction - the potential new Government defenses against the enforcement of ICSID arbitral - Issues that may subject the award to the revision of the judiciary.

C.E. Alfaro, Alfaro-Abogados
P.M. Lorenti, Independent legal practitioner

Energy Charter Treaty

Energy Charter Treaty: A critical Russian perspective

T.I. Shtilkind, Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation

Mediation & ADR

Short presentation of Conflict Mediation in Norway (and even shorter about Sweden and Finland)

D. Hareide, Nansenskolen

Taxation

Tax issues for International Arbitrators

D. Krishan, Lawyer

Foreign Investment Act (Saudi Arabia, Draft)

The Executive Rules of the Foreign Investment Act (Saudi Arabia, Draft)

Negative List: (Activities excluded from Foreign Investment - Saudi Arabia, Draft)

Discussion / OGEMID

Professional analysis of arbitration risk-reward function; gender et.al. influence

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

Good faith in International Commercial Law

Claim under Judgment as Property Right, Delay in the Execution of Judgments - OGEMID discussion

Memorandum of Determinations, Expropriation Claim of Bank of America, as Trustee India - Contract of Insurance No. F041

Memorandum of Determinations, Expropriation Claim of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (formerly Cal Energy Company, Inc.), Contracts of Insurance Nos E374, E453, E527, and E759

Deposition and Discovery

J.M. Matthews, Joseph M. Matthews, International Advocate & Arbitrator

Experts - OGEMID discussion

H.R. Dundas, International Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert Determiner
M. Hwang, Michael Hwang S.C.

Domestic Investors Arbitrating against their own Government

O.J. Marzorati, Osvaldo J. Marzorati Legal Counselors

Argentina opting out?

O.J. Marzorati, Osvaldo J. Marzorati Legal Counselors

Third-Party Involvement in Investment Arbitration and Litigation Strategy

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

Developments on Discussions for the Improvement of the Framework for Icsid Arbitration and the Participation of Developing Countries

South Centre, www.southcentre.org

Criticism of ICSID reform proposals by South Centre

M. Kantor, www.mark-kantor.com

Considerations for Counsel in Case of Indications of Prior Illicit Practices

M. Kantor, www.mark-kantor.com

Political Risk Insurance and Investment Arbitration

M. Kantor, www.mark-kantor.com

The usefulness of Travaux in Investment Treaty Interpretation

Book Reviews & Related Materials

IAI Series on International Arbitration No. 2, Anti-Suit Injunctions in International Arbitration (E. Gaillard ed., 2005)

E. Gaillard, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

Privatising Development; Transnational Law, Infrastructure and Human Rights

M.B. Likosky, Advantage Infrastructure Advisors

Investissements étrangers et arbitrage entre Etats et ressortissants d'autres Etats. Trente années d'activité du CIRDI - book review

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

Investissements étrangers et arbitrage entre Etats et ressortissants d'autres Etats. Trente années d'activité du CIRDI

S. Manciaux, University of Bourgogne, CREDIMI

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

P.M. Protopsaltis, Centre for American Legal Studies, Birmingham City University

Bibliography

The Journal of World Investment & Trade, Volume 6, April 2005, Number 2

Transnational Corporations (Vol.14, No.1, April 2005)