General international law in international investment law : a commentary / edited by Andreas Kulick, Michael Waibel ; assistant editor, Andrijana Mš̆ović.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kulick, Andreas, 1982- editor.

Waibel, Michael (Lawyer), editor.

Mišović, Andrijana, editor.

Series:

Oxford public international law.

Oxford public international law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Foreign (International law).

International commercial arbitration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (737 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

General international law is part and parcel of investor-state arbitration. This is the case not only regarding treaty law and state responsibility, but also with respect to matters such as state succession, the international minimum standard, and state immunity, all of which feature regularly in investor-state arbitration. Yet, although general international law issues arise in almost every investment case and often require extensive research, no systematic exploration of the relationship between the two exists. This title provides a comprehensive treatment of the role of general international law in international investment law. It engages in detail with central matters of general international law, including in the practice of investment arbitration tribunals, moving beyond existing works which focus solely on procedural and institutional provisions.

Contents:

Cover

General International Law in International Investment Law

Copyright

Contents

Table of Cases

List of Contributors

List of Abbreviations

General international law in international investment law (Andreas Kulick and Michael Waibel)

PART I LAW OF TREATIES (VCLT)

Article 18 of the VCLT: Obligation not to defeat the object and purpose of a treaty prior to its entry into force (Belinda McRae)

Articles 19-​23 of the VCLT: Reservations (overview)-​flexibility devices in applying treaties in the field of investment (Alain Pellet and Jean-​Baptiste Merlin)

Article 24 of the VCLT: Entry into force (Tania Voon)

Article 25 of the VCLT: Provisional application (Tania Voon)

Article 26 of the VCLT: Pacta sunt servanda (Can Yeginsu and Patrick Pearsall)

Article 27 of the VCLT: Internal law and observance of treaties (Rumiana Yotova)

Article 28 of the VCLT: Non-​retroactivity of treaties (Ben Juratowitch and Jackie McArthur)

Article 29 of the VCLT: Territorial scope (Emma Lindsay and Philippa Webb)

Article 30 of the VCLT: Application of successive treaties relating to the same subject-​matter (Sean Aughey)

Article 31 of the VCLT: General rule of interpretation (Andreas Kulick and Panos Merkouris)

Article 32 of the VCLT: Supplementary means of interpretation (Esmé Shirlow and Michael Waibel)

Article 33 of the VCLT: Interpretation of treaties authenticated in two or more languages (Peter Tzeng)

Parts IV and V of the VCLT: Amendment, invalidity, termination, and suspension of treaties (Luke Sobota and Amelia Keene)

Article 59 of the VCLT: Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty implied by conclusion of a later treaty (Hélène Ruiz Fabri and Randi Ayman).

Article 60 of the VCLT: Termination or suspension of the operation of a treaty as consequence of its breach (Hélène Ruiz Fabri and Randi Ayman)

Article 62 of the VCLT: Fundamental change of circumstances (Makane Moïse Mbengue)

PART II RESPONSIBILITY OF STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Article 4 of the ARSIWA: Conduct of organs of a State (Chester Brown)

Article 5 of the ARSIWA: Conduct of empowered entities (Jorge E Viñuales and Oliver Hailes)

Article 6 of the ARSIWA and Article 7 of the ARIO (Jonathan Bonnitcha and Alisha Mathew)

Article 7 of the ARSIWA: Excess of authority or contravention of instructions (Chester Brown)

Article 8 of the ARSIWA: Attribution of conduct instructed, directed or controlled by a State (Jorge E Viñuales and Alina Papanastasiou)

Article 13 of the ARSIWA: International obligation in force for a State (Claudia Annacker and Enikő Horváth)

Article 14 of the ARSIWA: Extension in time of the breach of an international obligation (Claudia Annacker and Enikő Horváth)

Article 15 of the ARSIWA: Breach consisting of a composite act (Claudia Annacker and Enikő Horváth)

Article 20 of the ARSIWA: Consent (Federica Paddeu)

Article 21 of the ARSIWA: Self-​defence (Federica Paddeu)

Article 23 of the ARSIWA: Force majeure (Federica Paddeu)

Article 24 of the ARSIWA: Distress (Federica Paddeu)

Article 25 of the ARSIWA: Necessity (Federica Paddeu and Michael Waibel)

Article 26 of the ARSIWA: Compliance with peremptory norms (Federica Paddeu)

Article 27 of the ARSIWA: Consequences of invoking a circumstance precluding wrongfulness (Federica Paddeu)

Part Two, Chapters I and II of the ARSIWA: Remedies (Geraldo Vidigal and Stephanie Forrest)

Articles 49-​54 of the ARSIWA: Countermeasures (Martins Paparinskis)

Article 55 of the ARSIWA: Lex specialis (Fernando Lusa Bordin).

PART III STATE SUCCESSION, SOURCES AND STATE IMMUNITY

The procedure for succession to bilateral investment treaties (Arman Sarvarian)

Succession in respect of cession, unification and separation of States (James G Devaney and Christian J Tams)

The protection of foreign investment in the law of State succession (Arman Sarvarian)

Article 38 of the ICJ Statute: Sources (Patrick Dumberry)

State immunity in investment arbitration (August Reinisch)

PART IV SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF GENERAL INTERNATIONAL LAW IN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW

Cross-​cutting substantive aspects: NAFTA standards in light of the decisions of international courts and tribunals (Jingyuan Zhou and Sergio Puig)

Denial of justice (Jarrod Hepburn)

The international law minimum standard of treatment (Robert Howse)

Cross-​cutting procedural powers of international courts and tribunals (Cameron Miles)

Nationality (Chiara Giorgetti)

Abuse of process (Régis Bismuth)

Unjust enrichment (Kathleen Claussen)

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 26, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-266691-6

0-19-194505-6

0-19-266690-8