Investment Arbitration and the Energy Charter Treaty

Price: $150.00 684 pages. 1 Hardcover Volume. Index. CD-ROM. Published June 2006.
ISBN-13: 978-1-929446-94-0 / ISBN-10: 1-929446-94-2

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Book Overview

Foreword

Remarks by Judge Stephen Schwebel

Editor’s Preface

List of Contributors

Chapter 1 –Introduction to the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)

Introduction
Dr. Hans Corell

Part 1 –The Energy Charter Treaty: More Than a MIT
            Graham Coop

Part 2 –The Dispute Settlement Mechanisms of the Energy Charter Treaty
            Laurent Gouiffès

Chapter 2 –Investments and Investors Covered by the ECT and other Investment Protection Treaties

Introduction
Antonio R. Parra

Part 1 –Investments and Investors Covered by the Energy Charter Treaty
           Emmanuel Gaillard

Part 2 –The Limits of Protection for Investments and Investors under the Energy Charter Treaty
           Stephen Jagusch & Anthony Sinclair

Chapter 3 –The Concept of Expropriation under the ECT and other Investment Protection Treaties

Introduction:
Sergei N. Lebedev

Part 1 –Rapport: The Concept of Expropriation under the ECT and other Investment Protection Treaties
           Christoph H. Schreuer

Part 2 –Comments on the Rapport

I –Indirect Expropriation and the Right of the Governments to Regulate Criteria to Articulate the Difference
    Katia Yannaca-Small

 

II –The Distinction Between Lawful and Unlawful Expropriation
      Audley Sheppard

Chapter 4 –The Relationship Between Contractual Claims and Claims under the ECT and
                   other Investment Protection Treaties

Introduction: Treaty versus Contract Claims
Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler

Part 1 –Contract Claims under the Energy Charter Treaty’s Umbrella Clause: Original
           Intentions versus Emerging Jurisprudence
           Thomas W. Wälde

Part 2 –Multiple Judicial Proceedings and the Energy Charter Treaty
           Christer Söderlund

Chapter 5 –State Responsibility under the ECT and other Investment Protection Treaties

Introduction: Applicable Law to State Responsibility under the Energy Charter Treaty and other
Investment Protection Treaties
Karl-Heinz Böckstiegel

Part 1 –State Responsibility and Investment Arbitration
           Kaj Hobér

Part 2 –State Responsibility under the Energy Charter Treaty and other Investment Protection Treaties
           Anatoly S. Martynov

Chapter 6 – Arbitration under the ECT and other Investment Protection Treaties

Introduction: Parallel Proceedings: The Issues and (Where Are?) the Solutions
Michael Polkinghorne

Part 1 –Parallel Arbitration Tribunals and Awards
           Bernardo M. Cremades

Part 2 –The Nykomb Case in the Light of Recent ICSID Jurisprudence
            Richard Happ

Appendix – Awards Rendered under ECT

Appendix 1 – Nykomb v. Latvia

1.  Introduction

2.  Jurisdiction

3.  General background

4.  The legal basis for the claims against
     the Republic

5.  Assessment of losses or damages

6.  Allocation and allowability of costs

7.  Arbitral award

Appendix 2 – Petrobart v. Kyrgyzstan

I.     The contract

II.    Relevant facts

III.   The Foreign Investment Law and proceedings regarding that law

IV.   The Energy Charter Treaty

V.    Proceedings

VI.   Claims

VII.  Grounds and arguments

VIII. Reasons

Appendix 3 –  Plama v. Bulgaria
(Decision on Jurisdiction)

I.    Procedure

II.   Background facts

III.  The submissions of the parties on jurisdiction

IV.   Examination of the parties’ submissions

V.    The decision

Index

Appendix Topics on CD-ROM Include:

ECT and Related Instruments

SCC Rules

ICSID Rules

UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules

Book Overview