The ICSID Convention : a commentary / / Christoph H. Schreuer ... [et al.]

• Autore: Schreuer Christoph
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2009
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 recurso en línea (1600 páginas)
• Disciplina: 346.092
• Soggetto topico: Investments, Foreign - Law and legislation
• Altri autori: SchreuerChristoph
• Note generali: "A commentary on the Convention on the Settelement of the Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States" -- Portada
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Authors' preface to the second Edition -- Table of cases -- Electronic sources -- ICSID and Additional Facility cases -- National cases -- BELGIUM -- ENGLAND -- FRANCE -- NEW ZEALAND -- PAKISTAN -- SLOVAKIA -- SWITZERLAND -- UNITED STATES -- Abbreviations -- Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States -- PREAMBLE -- The Contracting States -- CHAPTER I International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes -- Section 1 Establishment and Organization -- Article 1 -- Article 2 -- Article 3 -- Section 2 The Administrative Council -- Article 4 -- Article 5 -- Article 6 -- Article 7 -- Article 8 -- Section 3 The Secretariat -- Article 9 -- Article 10 -- Article 11 -- Section 4 The Panels -- Article 12 -- Article 13 -- Article 14 -- Article 15 -- Article 16 -- Section 5 Financing the Centre -- Article 17 -- Section 6 Status, Immunities and Privileges -- Article 18 -- Article 19 -- Article 20 -- Article 21 -- Article 22 -- Article 23 -- Article 24 -- CHAPTER II Jurisdiction of the Centre -- Article 25 -- Article 26 -- Article 27 -- CHAPTER III Conciliation -- Section 1 Request for Conciliation -- Article 28 -- Section 2 Constitution of the Conciliation Commission -- Article 29 -- Article 30 -- Article 31 -- Section 3 Conciliation Proceedings -- Article 32 -- Article 33 -- Article 34 -- Article 35 -- CHAPTER IV Arbitration -- Section 1 Request for Arbitration -- Article 36 -- Section 2 Constitution of the Tribunal -- Article 37 -- Article 38 -- Article 39 -- Article 40 -- Section 3 Powers and Functions of the Tribunal -- Article 41 -- Article 42 -- Article 43 -- Article 44 -- Article 45 -- Article 46 -- Article 47 -- Section 4 The Award -- Article 48 -- Article 49 -- Section 5 Interpretation, Revision and Annulment of the Award. ; Article 50 -- Article 51 -- Article 52 -- Section 6 Recognition and Enforcement of the Award -- Article 53 -- Article 54 -- Article 55 -- CHAPTER V Replacement and Disqualification of Conciliators and Arbitrators -- Article 56 -- Article 57 -- Article 58 -- CHAPTER VI Cost of Proceedings -- Article 59 -- Article 60 -- Article 61 -- CHAPTER VII Place of Proceedings -- Article 62 -- Article 63 -- CHAPTER VIII Disputes between Contracting States -- Article 64 -- CHAPTER IX Amendment -- Article 65 -- Article 66 -- CHAPTER X Final Provisions -- Article 67 -- Article 68 -- Article 69 -- Article 70 -- Article 71 -- Article 72 -- Article 73 -- Article 74 -- Article 75 -- Preamble -- Article 1 -- OUTLINE -- 1. Establishment and Name of the Centre -- 2. Purpose of the Centre -- Article 2 -- Article 3 -- Article 4 -- Article 5 -- Article 6 -- OUTLINE -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. INTERPRETATION -- Article 7 -- OUTLINE -- 1. Meetings -- 2. Voting -- 3. Quorum -- 4. Simplified Voting Procedure -- Article 8 -- Article 9 -- Article 10 -- OUTLINE -- 1. Election -- 2. Incompatibility of Office -- 3. Acting Secretary-General -- Article 11 -- OUTLINE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 1. Representation and Administration of the Centre -- 2. Keeping of Records -- 3. Registrar in Proceedings -- 4. Administrative Support in Proceedings -- 5. Public Information -- 6. The Additional Facility -- 7. Appointing Authority for Non-ICSID Arbitration -- Article 12 -- Article 13 -- OUTLINE -- 1. Designation by Contracting States -- 2. Designation by the Chairman -- 3. Nationality of Panel Members -- Article 14 -- OUTLINE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 1. General Qualities of Panel Members -- 2. The Chairman's List -- Article 15 -- Article 16 -- Article 17 -- Article 18 -- Article 19 -- Article 20 -- Article 21 -- OUTLINE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 1. Immunity from Legal Process -- 2. Other Immunities and Privileges. ; Article 22 -- Article 23 -- OUTLINE -- 1. Archives -- 2. Official Communications -- Article 24 -- OUTLINE -- 1. The Centre -- 2. Persons Permanently Associated with the Centre's Work -- 3. Conciliators, Arbitrators and Members of Ad Hoc Committees -- Article 25 -- OUTLINE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. INTERPRETATION -- A. "(1) The jurisdiction of the Centre . . ." -- 1. Jurisdiction, Competence and Admissibility -- 2. Scope of Jurisdiction -- 3. The Relevant Date for the Determination of Jurisdiction -- B. ". . . shall extend to any legal dispute . . ." -- 1. The Existence of a Dispute -- 2. The Time of the Dispute -- 3. The Legal Nature of the Dispute -- C. ". . . arising directly . . ." -- 1. General Meaning under the Convention -- 2. Direct Disputes or Direct Investments -- 3. The General Unity of an Investment Operation -- 4. General Measures affecting Investments -- D. ". . . out of an investment, . . ." -- 1. General Meaning under the Convention -- 2. The Dual Test for the Existence of an Investment -- 3. Contracts Relating to Investments -- 4. Definitions of Investment in National Legislation -- 5. Definitions of Investment in Treaties -- 6. Types of Investments -- 7. A Test for the Existence of an Investment? -- 8. Investments: Special Issues -- 9. Use of the Additional Facility in the Absence of an Investment -- E. ". . . between a Contracting State . . ." -- 1. Participation in the Convention -- 2. Contingent Submission -- 3. The Additional Facility -- 4. Ad Hoc Arbitration -- F. ". . . (or any constituent subdivision or agency of a Contracting State designated to the Centre by that State) . . ." -- 1. General Meaning -- 2. Constituent Subdivision or Agency -- 3. Designation to the Centre -- G. ". . . and a national of another Contracting State, . . ." -- 1. General Significance -- 2. The Private Character of the Investor. ; 3. Multipartite Arbitration -- 4. The Nationality of the Investor -- 5. Participation of the Investor's State of Nationality in the Convention -- 6. Identification of the Investor's State of Nationality -- 7. Contingent Submission -- 8. The Additional Facility -- 9. Ad Hoc Arbitration -- H. ". . . which the parties to the dispute . . ." -- 1. Identity of Consenting and Litigating Parties? -- 2. The Identification of the Party on the Host State's Side -- 3. The Identification of the Party on the Investor's Side -- 4. Subrogation -- I. ". . . consent in writing to submit to the Centre." -- 1. General Significance -- 2. Consent in Writing -- 3. Consent through Direct Agreement between the Parties -- 4. Consent through Host State Legislation -- 5. Consent through Bilateral Investment Treaties -- 6. Consent through Multilateral Treaties -- 7. The Temporal Elements of Consent -- 8. Limitations on Consent -- 9. Procedural Conditions to Consent -- 10. Applicability of Consent to Successive Instruments -- 11. The Applicability of MFN Clauses to Consent -- 12. The Interpretation of Consent -- J. "When the parties have given their consent, no party may withdraw its consent unilaterally." -- 1. The Irrevocability of Consent -- 2. Prohibition of Indirect Withdrawal of Consent -- K. "(2) 'National of another Contracting State' means:" -- L. "(a) any natural person who had the nationality of a Contracting State -- 1. Determination of Nationality -- 2. Nationality of a Contracting State -- 3. No Nationality of the Host State -- 4. Critical Dates -- M. "and (b) any juridical person which had the nationality of a Contracting State -- 1. Juridical Persons -- 2. Determination of Corporate Nationality -- 3. Nationality of a Contracting State -- 4. Critical Date -- N. ". . . andany juridicalpersonwhichhadthe nationality of theContracting State party. ; 1. General Significance -- 2. Host State Nationality -- 3. Agreement to Treat the Investor as a National of Another Contracting State -- 4. Foreign Control -- 5. Critical Dates -- 6. Consequences of Agreement on Nationality -- O. "(3) Consent by a constituent subdivision or agency of a Contracting State -- 1. Approval of Consent -- 2. Waiver of Approval -- 3. Consequences of Approval for the Host State -- P. "(4) Any Contracting State may, at the time of ratification, acceptance or approval of this Convention -- 1. Notification of Intent Concerning Classes of Disputes -- 2. Consent and the Notification of Intent -- Article 26 -- OUTLINE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. INTERPRETATION -- A. "Consent of the parties to arbitration under this Convention . . . " -- B. ". . . unless otherwise stated, . . ." -- 1. Concurrent Arbitration Clauses -- 2. Concurrent Reference to Domestic Courts -- 3. "Fork in the Road" Clauses -- 4. Jurisdiction for Treaty Claims and Contract Claims -- C. ". . . shall, . . . be deemed consent to such arbitration to the exclusion of any other remedy." -- 1. Non-ICSID Arbitration -- 2. Consolidation and Identical Tribunals -- 3. Domestic Proceedings -- 4. Enforcement of Non-ICSID Awards by Domestic Courts -- 5. Intervention by Domestic Courts to Stay ICSID Arbitration -- 6. Provisional Measures by Domestic Courts in ICSID Arbitration -- 7. Non-Judicial Remedies -- D. "A Contracting State may require the exhaustion of local administrative -- 1. The Basic Rule of Non-Exhaustion -- 2. Exhaustion of Local Remedies as a Condition of Consent -- 3. Practice of Tribunals -- 4. General Considerations -- Article 27 -- OUTLINE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. INTERPRETATION -- A. General -- B. "(1) No Contracting State . . ." -- C. ". . . shall give diplomatic protection, . . .". ; D. ". . . or bring an international claim, . . .".
• Sommario/riassunto: The ICSID Convention is a multilateral treaty that governs the settlement of disputes, chiefly through arbitration, between States and foreign investors. This Commentary gives a detailed description of the meaning and application of the ICSID Convention, with reference to the growing body of decided cases.
• Titolo autorizzato: The ICSID Convention
• ISBN: 1-316-28469-7; 1-107-20054-7; 1-282-31663-X; 9786612316630; 0-511-59609-X; 0-511-59374-0; 0-511-59649-9; 0-511-59281-7; 0-511-59567-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806218403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II