MVV161K International Investment Law

Právnická fakulta
podzim 2014
Rozsah
0/1. 3 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
George Khatidze (cvičící), doc. JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Garance
doc. JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodního a evropského práva – Právnická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Věra Redrupová, B.A.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mezinárodního a evropského práva – Právnická fakulta
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
MVV161K/01: Po 3. 11. 16:40–18:10 038, Út 4. 11. 16:40–18:10 038, St 5. 11. 16:40–18:10 038, Čt 6. 11. 16:40–18:10 038, Po 10. 11. 16:40–18:10 038, Út 11. 11. 16:40–18:10 038, Čt 13. 11. 15:05–16:35 038, 16:40–18:10 038
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Cíle předmětu
This course aims at providing students with the basic understanding of international investment law. The main emphasis is given to substantive investment law.
This course will address the following main issue areas in a sequence of sessions throughout the entire course: sources of international investment law; evolution of bilateral investment treaties; development of multilateral, regional and sector investment agreements; definition of investment in international investment agreements; substantive standards: national treatment, most-favoured-nation treatment, fair and equitable treatment, protection against expropriation, umbrella clause; international investment law in the EU law; investment contracts and settlement of international investment disputes.
Case law of international investment tribunals will serve as a background to this analysis.
Osnova
  • Session 1:
  • - Sources of International Investment Law: Treaties, International Customary Law, General Principles of Law, Judicial Decisions, Scholarly Writings, Soft Law, Relationship between Sources of Investment Law
  • - Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs): History of the BIT movement; An evolution of BIT goals – Investment protection, Investment and market liberalization, Investment promotion; the BIT-Making Process; Scope of Application; Conditions for the Entry of Foreign Investments and Investors; General standards of treatment; Monetary Transfers; Operational and other Conditions; Losses from Armed Conflict or Internal Disorder; Treaty Exceptions, Modifications, and Terminations
  • - Development of Multilateral, Regional and Sector Investment Agreements: Arab States Investment Agreements; ASEAN Investment Agreements; Mercosur Investment Treaties; COMESA Treaty; North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
  • - Definition of Investment in International Investment Agreements
  • Session 2:
  • - National Treatment
  • - Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment
  • Session 3:
  • - Fair and Equitable Treatment - Expropriation
  • Session 4:
  • - Umbrella Clause
  • Assessment: Multiple-choice question test
  • Session 5:
  • - International Investment Law and the EU Law
  • Session 6:
  • - Investment Contracts (Key Clauses and their Operation): Overview of Contracts; Key Clauses (overview of clauses, forum selection, choice of law, stabilization clauses, waivers of immunity, force majeure/hardship, adaptation/renegotiation)
  • Session 7:
  • - Settlement of International Investment Disputes
  • Session 8:
  • Group Presentation
Literatura
  • See Teacher's information for the full list. Materials will be distributed electronically or as photocopies before or during the course.
Výukové metody
This course will be taught using a combination of lectures, presentations and class discussions. The course materials structure the entire course program. Students are supposed to prepare and to debate them in class as well as to contribute their own insights.
Metody hodnocení
The type of assessment consists of one multiple-choice question test and one group presentation.
Knowledge Evaluation Forms and Criteria:
Multiple-choice Question Test: Quantity 1, Evaluation 50, Total Scores 50 Group Presentation: Quantity 1, Evaluation 50, Total Scores 50 Total: 100 points
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Session 1 - Literature:
- Moshe Hirsch, “Sources of International Investment law”, Research Paper No. 05-11, July 2011, International Law Forum of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Law Faculty, July 21, 2011
- Jeswald W. Salacuse and Nicholas P. Sullivan, “Do BITs Really Work? An Evolution of Bilateral Investment Treaties and Their Grand Bargain” 46 Harvard International Law Journal (2005) 67-130
- Jeswald W. Salacuse, The Law of Investment Treaties (Oxford University Press, 2010), page: 97-103; chapter 5, page: 126-138
- Veijo Heiskanen, “Of Capital Import: The Definition of Investment in International Investment Law”, in: Anne K. Hoffmann (Ed.), Protection of Foreign Investments through Modern Treaty Arbitration: Diversity and Harmonisation, ASA Special Series (No. 34), 2010, pp. 51-73

Session 2 - Literature:
- R. Dolzer, C. Scheuer, Principles of International Investment Law (Oxford University Press, 2008), page: 178-191
- Y. Banifatemi, “The Emerging Jurisprudence on the Most-Favored-Nation Treatment in Investment Arbitration”, in A. K. Bjorklund et al (eds.), Investment Treaty Law. Current Issues III (London: BIICL, 2009), pp. 241-273
- Case: Bayindir Insaat Turizm Ticaret ve Sanayi A S v. Pakistan, ICSID Case No ARB/03/29, Award (24 August 2009), para 382-423

Session 3 - Literature:
- Ioana Tudor, The Fair and Equitable Treatement Standard in the International Law of Foreign Investment (Oxford University Press, 2008), chapter 1, page: 15-52, chapter 5, 154-193
- R. Dolzer, C. Scheuer, Principles of International Investment Law (Oxford University Press, 2008), chapter 6, page: 89-118
- Case: Bayindir Insaat Turizm Ticaret ve Sanayi A S v. Pakistan, ICSID Case No ARB/03/29, Award (24 August 2009), para 146-380
- Case: Bayindir Insaat Turizm Ticaret ve Sanayi A S v. Pakistan, ICSID Case No ARB/03/29, Award (24 August 2009), para 424-486

Session 4 - Literature:
- A.Sinclair, “The Umbrella Clause Debate”, in A. K. Bjorklund et al (eds.), Investment Treaty Law. Current Issues III (London: BIICL, 2009), chapter 8, page: 275-312
- Case: SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SA v. Pakistan, ICSID Case ARB/01/13, Decision on Jurisdiction (6 August 2003), par. 163-174
- Case: Noble Ventures Inc v. Romania, ICSID Case No ARB/01/11, Award (12 October 2005), par. 42-62

Session 5 - Literature:
- August Reinisch, “The EU on the Investment Path – Quo Vadis Europe? The Future of EU BITs and other Investment Agreements”, 12 Santa Clara J. Int’l L 111 (2014)
- Marc Bungenberg, Jőrn Griebel, Steffen Hindelang (Ed.), International Investment Law and EU Law, European Yearbook of International Economic Law (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011)

Session 6 - Literature:
- R. Dolzer, C. Scheuer, Principles of International Investment Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 72-78
- D. Bishop, J. Crawford, M. Riesman, Foreign Investment Disputes (The Hague: Kluwer, 2005), pp. 213-313
- A. Frignani, “Drafting Arbitration Agreements” (2008) 24 Arbitration International 561-570

Session 7 - Literature:
- Peter T. Muchlinski, Multinational Enterprises & The Law (Oxford University Press, 2007, 2nd edition), chapter 18, pp. 703-746
- Margaret L. Moses, The Principles and Practice on International Commercial Arbitration (Cambridge University Press, 2008, 1st edition), chapter 11, pp. 220-229
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