Book Preparation Workshop
6 & 7 June 2019
“International Investment Law: An Analysis of Major Decisions”
Workshop for the preparation of the book International Investment Law – An Analysis of Major Decisions
The research project brings together around thirty international law experts from different perspectives, to combine conceptual analysis and historical investigation of investment-related case law and to provide the reader with a fresh understanding of the breadth of international investment law. The book aims at showing most notably (1) that international investment law has a longer history than that generally considered and that this history is fundamental to understand its development, (2) that international investment law is crafted today by a large number of actors. These include not only investment arbitrators but also a variety of international and national courts and tribunals.
The results of the project will be published by Hart Publishing in the collection by Studies in International Trade and Investment Law.
Programme
6 June 2019, 10:30 -17:30
| 10.30 | Welcome Coffee |
| 10.50 - 11.00 | General Presentation of the Work by the Editors |
| 11.00 - 13.00 | The Historical Roots of International Investment Law |
| 1. | Edoardo Stoppioni - From Ancient Greece to Mixed Commissions |
| 2. | Daniel Müller - Arbitrations based on State Contracts |
| 3. | Christian Tams, Eleni Methymaki - The Case Law of the PCIJ and of the ICJ |
| 4. | Bruno Simma, Cristina Hoss - The Contribution of the Iran-US Claims Tribunal * |
| 5. | Evelyne Lagrange - AAPL v Sri Lanka: A Revolutionary Step |
| 6. | Robert Howse - The First Notorious NAFTA Cases |
| 7. | August Reinisch, Johannes Tropper - The Argentinian Crisis Arbitrations |
| 8. | Chris Thomas - The Russian Cases: The Yukos Saga * |
| 9. | Danae Azaria - The European ECT Litigation: Spanish, Italian and Czech Cases * |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 15.45 | Investment Arbitration – Procedural Issues |
| 10. | Ivan Cavdarevic - Bifurcation and Trifurcation Decisions |
| 11. | Eric De Brabandere - Amicus Curiae Intervention: From NAFTA to the Intra-EU Saga |
| 12. | Chiara Giorgetti - Independence and Impartiality Landmark Cases |
| 13. | Shotaro Hamamoto - The Concept of Protected Investment |
| 14. | Alexandra van der Meulen - The Concept of Protected Investor * |
| 15. | Christoph Schreuer - The Concept of State Consent * |
| 16. | Andrea Bjorklund - Counterclaims: Counterbalancing Asymmetry? |
| 15.45 - 16.15 | Coffee Break |
| 16.15 - 17.30 | Investment Arbitration - Substantive Issues (1) |
| 17. | Franck Latty - The Applicable Law Saga |
| 18. | Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Elise Ruggeri Abonnat - Interpretation |
| 19. | Joshua Paine - Standard of Review |
| 20. | Diane Desierto - Expropriation Cases |
7 June 2019, 9:30 -16:00
| 9.30 - 10.45 | Investment Arbitration - Substantive Issues (2) | |
| 21. | Giorgio Sacerdoti - Non-discrimination Clauses | |
| 22. | Stephan Schill - Fair and Equitable Treatment | |
| 23. | Benjamin Samson - Umbrella Clause and Contract Claims | |
| 24. | Paul-Jean Le Cannu, Luisa Torres - Denial of Benefits Clause | |
| 25. | Irmgard Marboe - Reparation Cases | |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11.15 - 12.30 | Other International Courts and Tribunals | |
| 26. | George A Berman - The Contribution of International Commercial Arbitration * | |
| 27. | Ursula Kriebaum - The ECtHR Case Law on International Investment Issues * | |
| 28. | Claudia Martin - The IACHR Trumping BITs * | |
| 29. | Daniel Sarmiento, Gillian Cahill - The CJEU Saga | |
| 30. | Henok Asmelash - SADC Case Law | |
| 31. | Edouard Fromageau - Inspection Panels and Investment * | |
| 12.30 - 13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 - 15.00 | National Courts | |
| 32. | Ridhi Kabra - International Investment Law in Indian Courts | |
| 33. | Javier Olmedo - International Investment Law in US Courts | |
| 34. | Guillermo Garcia Sanchez - International Investment Law in Mexican Courts | |
| 35. | Makane Mbengue, Stefanie Schacherer - International Investment Law in African Courts | |
| 36. | Dominique Hascher - International Investment Law in European Courts | |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Conclusive Discussions |
* The outlines sent by these authors will be presented by the organisers.
Venue:
Max Planck Institute Luxembourg
Conference room, 4th floor
4, rue Alphonse Weicker
L-2721 Luxembourg
Closed Event