Investor-State Arbitration (LAW-795-018)
Kalicki
Notices
6/1/15 - 6/4/15
Description
This course provides an overview of arbitration under Investment Treaties – including NAFTA (chapter 11) arbitration – and ICSID Arbitration of Disputes under Investment Treaties. The course will also address “hot topics” in Investor-State Arbitration including transparency and third party participation, denial of justice and resort to local courts, provisional measures, parallel proceedings and diplomatic protection, substantive issues in annulment proceedings, proposals for appeal mechanisms, and enforcement of awards. The class will include a presentation by Antonio Parra, first Deputy Secretary-General of ICSID representative from ICSID and presentations by several guest speakers experienced in treaty arbitration. For Academic Credit: Students must take a final take home exam, available the day after the last class of the course has taken place. The exam will be available online until Tuesday, July 1, 2014 (5:00pm DC Time) at MyWCL.
Textbooks and Other Materials
The textbook information on this page was provided by the instructor. Students should use this information when considering purchases from the AU Campus Store or other vendors. Students may check to determine if books are currently available for purchase online.
Class Materials: Class materials are posted to MyWCL once spring courses have concluded. The class materials are typically available the first week in May. If for some reason, there is no access to the materials on MyWCL, the Center will provide them for you in electronic format. For questions, contact: arbitration@wcl.american.edu
First Class Readings
Please contact Susana Castiglione by phone at (202) 274-4321 or by email at arbitration@wcl.american.edu Website: www.wcl.american.edu/arbitration