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2013

Public policy

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Public Policy In International Investment And Trade Law: Community Expectations And Functional Decision-Making, Diane A. Desierto Nov 2013

Public Policy In International Investment And Trade Law: Community Expectations And Functional Decision-Making, Diane A. Desierto

Diane A Desierto

This article uses a contextual policy-oriented approach to assess how the standing debate on a State's regulatory freedom has been treated within international investment law (e.g. case-by-case interpretation of variant treaty design in each case), in contrast with how the issue of domestic regulatory autonomy in international trade law has evolved towards coordination (e.g. attempted harmonization of the same set of instruments). The article submits a different view from many primarily trade law/investment law scholars (and other systemic integrationists who idealize a seamless shift from trade law to investment law), who have postulated that this fundamental issue of State regulatory …


Recommendations On Public Policy In The Enforcement Of Arbitral Awards, Winnie Ma Jun 2013

Recommendations On Public Policy In The Enforcement Of Arbitral Awards, Winnie Ma

Winnie Ma

Extract: Unruly applications of the inherently unruly public-policy exception persist, primarily because the public-policy paradox of the New York Convention persists - that is, the public-policy exception to the pro-enforcement public policy. Consequently, the concept of international public policy remains problematic.


Parallel Proceedings And International Commercial Arbitration: The International Law Association's Recommendations For Arbitrators, Winnie Ma Jun 2013

Parallel Proceedings And International Commercial Arbitration: The International Law Association's Recommendations For Arbitrators, Winnie Ma

Winnie Ma

In 2006 the International Law Association adopted various recommendations to facilitate consistency in the arbitrators' approach to parallel proceedings. The ILA confirms the possibility of parallel judicial and arbitral proceedings notwithstanding the persistent debate on whether the arbitral tribunals or the state courts should have priority in determining arbitral jurisdictions. By widening the definition of parallel proceedings to include related proceedings involving substantially the same parties and issues, the ILA provides different recommendations for different types of parallel proceedings. These recommendations advise arbitrators to consider the interests of arbitral efficiency and the possibility of annulment when deciding whether to exercise …


Harmonising Judicial Approaches To Determining The Enforceability Of Foreign Annulled Awards, Winnie Ma Jun 2013

Harmonising Judicial Approaches To Determining The Enforceability Of Foreign Annulled Awards, Winnie Ma

Winnie Ma

Judicial enforcement of foreign annulled awards has engendered fervent debate. Pursuant to Article V(1)(e) of the New York Convention, the enforcement court may refuse to enforce an award which has been set aside in "the country in which, or under the law of which, that award was made." Yet some enforcement courts have allowed enforcement notwithstanding such annulment, primarily on two bases. The first basis is that Article V(1)(e) is a discretionary ground for non-enforcement. The second basis is that Article VII(1) of the New York Convention allows enforcement through the application of the more favourable law.

This paper examines …


Attracting Fdi: The Chilean Government's Role Promoting Renewable Energy, Kyle Herman Feb 2013

Attracting Fdi: The Chilean Government's Role Promoting Renewable Energy, Kyle Herman

Dr. Kyle S. Herman

The development and implementation of renewable energy power plants is important for Chile in order to increase energy security, supply remote mines with electricity, and eventually decrease energy costs. The Chilean government has promoted renewable energy and attracted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to develop large-scale renewable energy projects. However, the policies cannot sufficiently attract FDI in unproven renewable energies such as Concentrated Solar Power, though it is proven elsewhere. This paper examines the Chilean government’s renewable energy policies, related government agencies, and the extent that these provide a stable backdrop for FDI in large-scale renewable energy projects. Following that summary, …