| Description |
1 online resource (168 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lectures, 20 ; v. 20
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Hersch Lauterpacht memorial lectures ; 20.
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| Contents |
Cover; Investment Treaty Arbitration: Judging Under Uncertainty; Recent books in the Hersch Lauterpacht Memorial Lecture Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Introduction; Part I Discretion: the search for meaning; 1 Uncertainty, judicial discretion and policy; 2 Treaty interpretation; 1. Clarity and common sense; 2. Balance between purposes; 3. Balance between purpose and text; 4. Interpretation of silence: the MFN clause controversy; 5. Interpretation of umbrella clauses; 6. The weight of the non-disputing State party; Part II The search for limits. |
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Introduction3 Form or substance: the nationality of corporate claimants; 1. Direct and indirect control; 2. Transfer of shares; 3. Indirect control by nationals of the host State; 4. Misrepresentation; 4 Multiple approaches to define investment; 1. The comprehensive approach; 2. Form or substance; 3. Elements of nvestment': description or jurisdiction; (a) Risk; (b) Duration; (c) Contribution; 4. Contribution of investment to economic development; 5 Legitimate expectations, risk and due diligence; 1. Fair and equitable treatment; (a) At what level is the standard set? |
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(B) Objective or subjective standard?(c) Application of the standard; 2. Full protection and security; 3. Expectations and investor awareness of the BIT; Part III The search for consistency; Introduction; 6 Principles; 7 Precedent; 1. The weight of precedent; 2. Precedent and values; 3. The interpretation of precedent: ratio decidendi and obiter dicta; 4. Towards a stronger doctrine of precedent?; 8 Publicists; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
How do arbitrators decide in the face of the uncertainty of the law between alternatives which may be equally justified? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation.
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Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation. |
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International commercial arbitration.
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International commercial arbitration. |
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Commercial treaties.
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Commercial treaties. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rigo Sureda, Andrés. Investment Treaty Arbitration : Judging Under Uncertainty. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107022515 |
| ISBN |
9781139422161 |
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1139422162 |
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1107022517 |
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9781107022515 |
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9781139424202 (electronic book) |
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1139424203 (electronic book) |
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1139136798 (electronic book) |
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9781139136792 (electronic book) |
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9781139420112 |
| Standard No. |
9786613660077 |
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