Bilateral Investment Treaty Arbitration (LAW-972-001)
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Description
Investor-State arbitration has become one of the most relevant developments in international arbitration. In general, international commercial arbitration takes place between private parties (including, state-owned companies acting in a non-sovereign capacity). However, during recent decades there has been a significant growth in arbitrations involving state parties, including those originating in investment treaties and general commercial contracts. Consequently, investor-state arbitration is a new area of the law. The vast majority of claims and decisions have only occurred in the last ten years, and many areas of the law and procedure remain to be developed. Its novelty and complexity has created a need for courses and programs that train students in this growing area of law. The course will focus on current issues arising out of international arbitrations within the context of Bilateral Investment Protection Treaties (BITs) and investor/state cases decided by tribunals in arbitrations before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes and other forums. Against the backdrop of actual arbitral decisions, the course will deal with procedural and applicable law questions encountered in the handling of BIT arbitrations, with a special emphasis on the contributions of this type of arbitrations to private dispute resolution and the development of international law.
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