Schedule of Classes
Class times for Spring, 2009 have not been released yet.253 sec. 1 - Investment Treaties (Spring 2009)
Instructor: Jan H. Dalhuisen (view instructor's teaching evaluations)
Instructor: Robert James
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Units: 3
Meeting Time: -
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Course Start: January 14, 2009
Course End: March 12, 3009
Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49817
This course will deal with the protection of international investments under bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and with the ICSID arbitration facility. To the extent there is time, we shall also deal with Nafta arbitration as a specialist forum.
The essence of the course is the protection of multinational corporations in their foreign investments, but also the scope for corporate misconduct and the different economic and political conflicts that exist in this field.
This is a three credit course which will be given from Jan. 12 till March 13. Exams will be immediately after the end of this course in March.
The main text that will be studied is M Sornarajah, The International Law on Foreign Investment (2nd Ed. 2004). Important is also C H Schreuer, The ICSID Convention: A Commentary (2001, reprinted 2005). For Nafta, see Todd Weiler, Nafta Investment Law and Arbitration (2004). Further reading will be advised in class.
Students should have the text Model BIT Agreement of the US (of the 2004) and of the UK (of 2005) as well as the ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules.
Good websites are: http://www.arbitration-icca.org
http://www.naftalaw.org
http://www.wto.org
http://worldbank.org/icsid
Course Category: Business Law
Course Subcategories:
International and Comparative Law
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