Protecting foreign investment under international law : (Record no. 39486)
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| fixed length control field | 960814s1996 nyu b 001 0 eng |
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| LC control number | 96041023 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0379213710 (alk. paper) |
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| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | ABK |
| Language of cataloging | ENG |
| Description conventions | RDA |
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| Classification number | K3832 |
| Item number | .C66 1996 |
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| Classification number | 341.4846 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| Item number | COM |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Comeaux, Paul E. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 63780 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Protecting foreign investment under international law : |
| Remainder of title | legal aspects of political risk / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Paul E. Comeaux, N. Stephan Kinsella. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oceana Publications, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxix, 448 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 26 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | SUMMARY OF CONTENTS <br/>Dedication..... <br/>About the Authors.... <br/>Summary of Contents <br/>Table of Contents.. <br/>Preface.... <br/>Introduction.... <br/>PARTI INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLITICAL RISK <br/>Chapter 1: Political Risk. <br/>A. Overview of Political Risk <br/>B. Types of Political Risk..... <br/>C. Measuring Political Risk.... <br/>Chapter 2: International Law Related to Political Risk. <br/>A. International Law In General. <br/>B. Can a Sovereign Bind Its Future Actions?. <br/>C. State Responsibility. . . . . . . <br/>D. Remedies Under International Law For State Actions <br/>Against Investors. <br/>E. Exhaustion of Local Remedies. <br/>F. Nationality of Claims ... <br/>G. National Treatment.... <br/>H. Immunity of States from Jurisdiction.. <br/>Chapter 3: International Law of Expropriation. <br/>A. History and Sources of the Law of Expropriation. <br/>B. Current State of the Law of Expropriation... <br/>C. Breach of Contract .... <br/>Chapter 4: Treaty Provisions Regarding the Protection of Investment <br/>A. The Utility of an Investment Treaty to the Investor.. <br/>B. Bilateral Investment Treaties <br/>C. Multilateral Treaties <br/>PART II PRE-INVESTMENT DECISIONS TO REDUCE POLITICAL RISK <br/>Chapter 5: Structuring Transactions To Minimize Political Risk.. <br/>A. Types of Projects. <br/>B. Transaction Structures. <br/>C. Investor-State Contracts <br/>Chapter 6: Investment Insurance. <br/>A. OPIC.... <br/>. <br/>B. MIGA........ <br/>....... <br/>C. Other National Insurance Programs. <br/>D. Private Insurance <br/>E. General Considerations.... <br/>PART III RESPONSES TO MANIFESTATIONS OF POLITICAL RISK <br/>Chapter 7: Arbitration .... <br/>A. Validity and Effect of an Arbitration Clause. <br/>B. Drafting the Arbitration Clause <br/><br/>C. Arbitration Using the UNCITRAL Rules <br/><br/>D. ICSID Arbitration.... <br/>E. Other Arbitration Institutions. ... <br/>F. Other Dispute Resolution Techniques <br/>Chapter 8: Action by the Investor's Home State and the International Community. <br/>A. Diplomacy and Settlement of Claims<br/> B. Economic Sanctions .... <br/>C. Claims Before International Tribunals.. <br/>D. Invalidation of Title ... <br/>E. Prohibitions Against the Use of Force... <br/>F. The Foreign Claims Settlement Act of the United States.. <br/>G. Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitration Awards Under the <br/>New York Convention... <br/>APPENDICES <br/>TABLE OF CASES.... <br/>TABLE OF AUTHORITIES. <br/>INDEX.... <br/><br/>Preface.... <br/>Introduction.... <br/>PARTI INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLITICAL RISK <br/>Chapter 1: Political Risk.. <br/>A. Overview of Political Risk. <br/>B. Types of Political Risk.... <br/>1. Expropriation, Nationalization, and Confiscation. <br/>a. Definition and Examples .... <br/>b. Distinguish from Nationalization and Confiscation. <br/>2. De facto Expropriation <br/>a. Definition...... <br/>b. Expropriation or Acceptable Regulation..... <br/>.<br/>c. Examples of De Facto Expropriations as Determined by <br/>International Tribunals <br/>3. Currency Risk ...... <br/>4. Risk of Political Violence <br/> <br/>5. Breach of Contract. <br/> <br/>C. Measuring Political Risk.... <br/>1. Factors Contributing to Risk. <br/>2. Political Risk Services.. <br/><br/>Chapter 2: International Law Related to Political Risk.. <br/>A. International Law In General.... <br/> <br/>B. Can a Sovereign Bind Its Future Actions? <br/>1. In General.<br/>2. State Promises in Investor-State Contracts. <br/>a. Internationalization of Investor-State Contracts. <br/>b. Arguments that Investor-State Contracts Cannot <br/>Be Internationalized <br/>C. State Responsibility...... <br/>1. In General <br/>2. Acts of State Agencies.. <br/> <br/>3. For Injury to Investors.. <br/>D. Remedies Under International Law For State Actions Against <br/>Investors...... <br/>1. Remedies Available to the State <br/>2. Remedies Available to the Investor <br/>E. Exhaustion of Local Remedies... <br/>F. Nationality of Claims <br/>1. Individuals... <br/>2. Corporations <br/>3. Partnerships. <br/>G. National Treatment <br/>H. Immunity of States from Jurisdiction. <br/>1. The Doctrine of Restrictive Sovereign Immunity. 2. Sovereign Immunity in the United States... <br/>a. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act <br/>(1) The Waiver, of "Immunity" Exception. (2) The Commercial Activity, Exception (3) The Expropriation Exception.. <br/>3. The Act of State Doctrine.... 4. Sovereign Immunity in Great Britain. <br/>a. The State Immunities Act..... <br/>b. Doctrine of Judicial Restraint and Abstention. <br/>Chapter 3: International Law of Expropriation<br/>A. History and Sources of the Law of Expropriation <br/>... 58 <br/>1. Expropriation and Standard of Compensation Prior to World War II.. 58 <br/>2. Challenges to the Traditional Standard.. <br/>a. Latin American States... <br/>b. Nationalization in the 20th Century <br/>Resolutions Regarding Permanent Sovereignty. <br/>c. The Third World's Justifications for Expropriation and the UN <br/>3. Arbitral Awards After World War II <br/>4. Treaties As Evidence of Customary International Law <br/>5. Negotiated Settlements ... <br/>B. Current State of the Law of Expropriation <br/><br/>1. Public Purpose and Non-Discrimination.. <br/>2. Compensation .... <br/>a. Full Compensation as Standard under International Law. b. Justifications for Full Compensation... <br/>3. The Requirements of Non-Discrimination and Public Purpose: Concepts <br/>of Limited Significance... <br/>4. Valuation ... <br/>a. Methods for Determining Value <br/>b. Damages or Lost Profits?: An Irrelevant Question.. <br/>c. Arbitral Decisions <br/>(1) Tangible Property. <br/>(2) Business Enterprises-Going Concern <br/>(3) Business Enterprises-Not A Going Concern <br/>d. Equitable Considerations.. <br/>e. Conclusions. <br/>C. Breach of Contract.. <br/>Chapter 4: Treaty Provisions Regarding the Protection of Investment. <br/>A. The Utility of an Investment Treaty to the Investor. <br/>B. Bilateral Investment Treaties. <br/>1. The U.S. Model BIT..... <br/>a. Definitions<br/><br/>b. Standards of Treatment... <br/>c. Expropriation.... <br/>d. Currency Transfers ... <br/> <br/>e. Settlement of Investment Disputes <br/> <br/>f. Termination .... <br/>g. The U.S. BIT Program Today. <br/>2. BITS of Other Developed States... <br/>a. Expropriation. . . . . . <br/>b. Standard of Treatment.. <br/>c. Settlement of Investment Disputes <br/>d. Special Provision in the China-Japan BIT <br/>C. Multilateral Treaties..... <br/>1. North American Free Trade Agreements <br/>a. Expropriation.... <br/>b. Standard of Treatment. <br/>c. Transfer of Currency.. <br/>d. Settlement of Investment Disputes<br/>3. Other Arrangements Between Investors and States... <br/>2. The Energy Charter Treaty <br/>a. Expropriation.... <br/>b. Standard of Treatment.... <br/>c. Settlement of Investment Disputes. <br/>PART II PRE-INVESTMENT DECISIONS TO REDUCE POLITICAL RISK <br/>Chapter 5: Structuring Transactions To Minimize Political Risk....... <br/>A. Types of Projects.... <br/>1. Petroleum Arrangements.... <br/>2. Infrastructure Projects. <br/>B. Transaction Structures.... <br/> <br/> <br/>1. Structures Prior to Investing.. <br/>2. Modification of Structures When Interference is Threatened....... 132 <br/>C. Investor-State Contracts..... <br/>1. Arbitration Clause. <br/>2. Choice of Law Clause. <br/>3. Stabilization Clause.. <br/>a. Structure.. <br/>b. Validity and Effect <br/>(1) Generally.... <br/> (2) Case Law.. <br/>(3) Suggested Clause. <br/>4. Damages Clause. <br/><br/>5. No Requirement to Exhaust Local Remedies. <br/>6. Waiver of Sovereign Immunity.... <br/>7. Conversion of Currency Clause ... <br/>8. Payment of Currency to Offshore Account (Service and Technical <br/>Assistance Contracts)..... <br/>9. Interest Rate Clause.. <br/>10. Force Majeure Clause <br/>11. State As Party to the Contract. <br/>12. State Interest and Project's Success <br/> <br/>hapter 6: Investment Insurance <br/>A. OPIC..... <br/>1. Background.... <br/> <br/>2. Risks Covered by OPIC insurance a. Currency Inconvertibility..... <br/>b. Expropriation.. <br/>. <br/>c. Political Violence.. <br/>d. Specialized Insurance <br/> (1) Financial Institutions and Leases <br/>(2) Oil and Gas and Other Natural Resources (3) Contractors and Exporters.. 3. Eligibility for OPIC Insurance.. <br/>a. Eligible Investors... <br/>b. Eligible Projects.. <br/>c. Eligible Countries <br/>d. Political Considerations. <br/>4. Terms... <br/>a. Duration... <br/>b. Cost... <br/>c. Insurance Limits.. <br/>d. Coverage Multiples and Amount of Insurance. <br/>e. Application... <br/>B. MIGA... <br/>1. Background... <br/>2. Risks Covered by MIGA Insurance <br/>a. Currency Inconvertibility.. <br/>b. Expropriation.... <br/>c. Political Violence.. <br/>d. Breach of Contract. <br/>e. Other Coverage <br/>3. Eligibility for MIGA Insurance. <br/>a. Eligible Investors.. <br/>b. Eligible Projects. <br/>c. Eligible Countries <br/>d. Political Considerations. <br/>4. Terms .... <br/>a. Amount of Insurance <br/>b. Cost .. <br/>c. Duration.... <br/>d. Coinsurance. <br/>e. Disputes <br/>f. Application... <br/>C. Other National Insurance Programs. 1. Japan: EID/MITI ... ... .... <br/>2. Germany: Treuarbeit. <br/>3. Australia: Export Finance and Insurance Corporation <br/>4. Other Countries. <br/>D. Private Insurance. <br/>1. Background... <br/>2. Risks Covered by Private Insurance <br/>3. Terms.... <br/>E. General Considerations ... <br/>PART III RESPONSES TO MANIFESTATIONS OF POLITICAL <br/>Chapter 7: Arbitration... <br/>RISK <br/>A. Validity and Effect of an Arbitration Clause. <br/>B. Drafting the Arbitration Clause.... <br/>1. Scope of Arbitration .... <br/>2. Institutional or Ad Hoc Arbitration.... <br/>3. Place of Arbitration.... <br/>4. Consistency Among Arbitration Clauses <br/>C. Arbitration Using the UNCITRAL Rules .... <br/>1. General....... <br/>2. Selecting UNCITRAL Arbitration <br/>3. Appointment of Arbitrators.. <br/>4. Other Administrative Matters. <br/>5. Substantive Proceedings. <br/>). ICSID Arbitration <br/>1. History..... <br/>2. Jurisdiction of the ICSID Centre. <br/>a. Disputes Between Contracting States. <br/>b. Submission of Particular Disputes <br/>c. Arise out of an "Investment". <br/>d. Exclusive Remedy. <br/>3. Administrative Issues <br/>b. Constituting the Arbitral Tribunal <br/>a. Submission of a Dispute for Arbitration. <br/>c. Other Administrative Matters <br/>4. Governing Law <br/>5. Substantive Proceedings <br/>6. Recognition of ICSID Awards <br/>7. Enforcement of ICSID Awards. . . . . <br/>8. The Annulment Issue. <br/>9. Additional Facility.. <br/>E. Other Arbitration Institutions.... <br/>F. Other Dispute Resolution Techniques..... <br/>Chapter 8: Action by the Investor's Home State and the <br/>International Community <br/>A. Diplomacy and Settlement of Claims. <br/>B. Economic Sanctions. <br/>C. Claims Before International Tribunals <br/>D. Invalidation of Title..... <br/>1. General Rule.... <br/>2. United Kingdom <br/>3. United States <br/>4. Other States... <br/>5. Conclusions.... <br/> <br/>E. Prohibitions Against the Use of Force.. <br/>1. The United Nations Prohibitions Against the Use of Force <br/>2. Futility of Awards of Restitution.. <br/>F. The Foreign Claims Settlement Act of the United States <br/> <br/> <br/>1. History and Purpose. <br/>2. Adjudicatory Powers. <br/>3. The Claims Process. <br/>G. Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitration Awards Under the <br/>New York Convention.. <br/>1. General....... <br/> <br/>2. Methods to Enforce Awards <br/>3. Grounds for Refusing to Enforce Awards.. <br/>APPENDICES <br/>Appendix I: Economic Calculation Under Socialism <br/>Appendix II: World Bank |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Investments, Foreign |
| General subdivision | Law and legislation. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 63781 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Investments, Foreign |
| General subdivision | Political aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 63782 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Country risk. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 63783 |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Risk management. |
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| Personal name | Kinsella, N. Stephan. |
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