Contract Interpretation in Investment Treaty Arbitration A Theory of the Incidental Issue

For the first time, a monograph provides a systematic, in-depth account of contract interpretation in investment treaty arbitration and offers a conceptual paradigm that would enhance the quality of the tribunals' reasoning

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1. Verfasser: Chernykh, Yuliya (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston BRILL 2022
Ausgabe:1st ed
Schriftenreihe:International Litigation in Practice Series v.12
Online-Zugang:DE-2070s
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Figures and Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Setting the Scene
  • Chapter 1 Overview of Contract Interpretation in Investment Treaty Arbitration
  • 1.1 Interpretative Material: Contracts and Contractual Provisions
  • 1.2 Interpretative Occasions
  • 1.2.1 Jurisdiction
  • 1.2.2 Attribution
  • 1.2.3 Expropriation
  • 1.2.4 Fair and Equitable Treatment
  • 1.2.5 National Treatment and Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment
  • 1.2.6 The Umbrella Clause
  • 1.2.7 Compensation
  • 1.3 Procedural Setting
  • 1.4 Patterns for Contract Interpretation
  • 1.5 Conclusion
  • Part 2 Defining a Relevant Legal Frame
  • Chapter 2 National Laws and Contract Interpretation
  • 2.1 What Do We Know: Comparative Scholarship
  • 2.2 The Concept of Contract Interpretation
  • 2.3 Regulation
  • 2.4 Interpretative Approaches: Good Faith and Predictability
  • 2.5 Limits of Subjective-Objective and Other Dichotomies
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • Chapter 3 International Law and Contract Interpretation
  • 3.1 The Concept of International Law
  • 3.2 Treaties
  • 3.2.1 Rules on Treaty Interpretation
  • 3.2.2 International Investment Agreements
  • 3.2.3 Uniform Private Law Conventions
  • 3.3 Customary International Law
  • 3.4 General Principles of Law
  • 3.5 Subsidiary Means for Determining the Content of International Law
  • 3.5.1 Judicial Practice
  • 3.5.2 Scholarly Publications
  • 3.6 Conclusion
  • Part 3 Enabling National Law
  • Chapter 4 The Power of Treaty-Based Tribunals to Interpret Contracts
  • 4.1 Theory and Foundation
  • 4.1.1 The Concept and Types of Tribunal Powers
  • 4.1.2 Contract Interpretation as an Inherent Power
  • 4.1.3 Contract Interpretation as an Implied Power
  • 4.2 Exercise
  • 4.2.1 Contract Interpretation or Fact-Finding
  • 4.2.2 Contract Interpretation or Doctrinal Assessment of Contractual Provisions under International Law
  • 4.2.3 Deference
  • 4.3 In a Broader Context
  • 4.3.1 Similar Powers
  • 4.3.1.1 The pcij
  • 4.3.1.2 The icj
  • 4.3.1.3 The ECtHR
  • 4.3.2 Unsuitable Analogies
  • 4.4 Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 Contract Interpretation as the Incidental Issue
  • 5.1 Incidental Issues in Private International Law
  • 5.2 National Law Incidental Issues in Investment Treaty Arbitration
  • 5.2.1 The Predisposition to Conceptualise Incidental Issues
  • 5.2.2 Scholar Attempts to Conceptualise National Law Issues as Incidental Issues
  • 5.2.3 Other Supporting Considerations (1): Direct Conceptualisation - National Law Incidental Issues before Other Public International Law Courts
  • 5.2.4 Other Supporting Considerations (2): Reverse Conceptualisation - Public International Law Incidental Issues in Domestic Contexts
  • 5.2.5 Contribution of Conceptualising National Law Issues as Incidental Issues
  • 5.3 Contract Interpretation as the Incidental Issue in Investment Treaty Arbitration
  • 5.3.1 A Legal Issue
  • 5.3.2 A Separable Legal Issue
  • 5.3.3 Playing a Subsidiary Role to the Principal Cause of Action
  • 5.3.3.1 The Case of Contract Termination
  • 5.3.3.2 The Case of Implied Terms
  • 5.3.4 Posing a Question about the Applicable Law
  • 5.3.5 Additional Consideration: Cases with Compound Jurisdiction
  • 5.4 National Law in Operation through the Concept of an Incidental Issue
  • 5.4.1 Jura Novit Curia
  • 5.4.2 Expert Testimony
  • 5.4.3 Why Does It Matter?
  • 5.5 Conclusion
  • General Conclusion
  • Future Research
  • List of Annexes
  • Annexes
  • Annex i All Known Treaty- Based Cases as of 30 January 2019
  • Annex ii Cases Excluded from Assessment (Publicly Unavailable Awards and Decisions, or Available Awards and Decisions in Languages Other than English or Russian)
  • Annex iii Cases with Publicly Available Awards and Decisions in English or Russian Language (the Basis for Assessment)
  • Annex iv Cases with Elements of Contract Interpretation
  • Annex v Cases with the Application of National Law to Contract Interpretation (interpretative rules of national laws)
  • Annex vi Cases with the Application of National Law to Contract Interpretation (interpretation in light of various other rules of national laws)
  • Annex vii Model bits as of 30 January 2019
  • Annex viii List of Analysed bits
  • Annex ix Provisions of Some Relevance for Contract Interpretationin the Selected Uniform Private Law Conventions
  • Annex x iias with Reference to Conflict of Laws of the Host State
  • Bibliography
  • Books
  • Book Chapters
  • Journal articles
  • Research and Working Papers
  • Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law
  • Lectures and Courses
  • Dissertations
  • Encyclopedia
  • Databases
  • Websites
  • Reports, Preparatory Works, Various Studies and Notes
  • Blogs
  • Table of Legislation and Other Normative Sources
  • Multilateral International Agreements
  • EU Acts
  • National Legislation1
  • Judicial Clarifications
  • List of International and Domestic Cases (Non-isds) Cases
  • ECtHR
  • ecj
  • pcij
  • icj
  • Iran-USA Claims Tribunal
  • Other Arbitration Cases
  • Mixed Claim Commissions
  • Domestic Cases
  • Arbitration Rules
  • Miscellaneous
  • Index