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David D. Caron

International Law

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The Interpretation Of National Foreign Investment Laws As Unilateral Acts Under International Law, David D. Caron Dec 2010

The Interpretation Of National Foreign Investment Laws As Unilateral Acts Under International Law, David D. Caron

David D. Caron

To encourage foreign investment, governments not infrequently adopt a national foreign investment law that sets assurances as to how foreign investment will be treated and provides consent to non-national mechanisms, primarily arbitration before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID” or the “Centre”), for the resolution of disputes. This Chapter focuses in particular on the rules of interpretation to be applied when ascertaining the meaning of a unilateral act such as a national foreign investment law. The Chapter proceeds in the following manner. Part I and II are brief with Part I laying out the textual and …

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The Interpretation Of National Foreign Investment Laws As Unilateral Acts Under International Law, David D. Caron Dec 2010

The Interpretation Of National Foreign Investment Laws As Unilateral Acts Under International Law, David D. Caron

David D. Caron

To encourage foreign investment, governments not infrequently adopt a national foreign investment law that sets assurances as to how foreign investment will be treated and provides consent to non-national mechanisms, primarily arbitration before the International Center for the Settlement of Investment disputes (“ICSID”), for the resolution of disputes. This Chapter examines national foreign investment laws as unilateral acts under international law. Professor Reisman and Mahnoush Arsanjani examining the arguably more difficult situation of unilateral oral declarations of “heads of state and ministers of developing countries . . . promising certain conditions or treatment for foreign investors,” conclude that such statements …

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The Basis Of Responsibility: Attribution And Other Transubstantive Rules Of State Responsibility, David D. Caron Dec 1997

The Basis Of Responsibility: Attribution And Other Transubstantive Rules Of State Responsibility, David D. Caron

David D. Caron

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Attribution Amidst Revolution: The Experience Of The Iran United States Claims Tribunal, David Caron Dec 1990

Attribution Amidst Revolution: The Experience Of The Iran United States Claims Tribunal, David Caron

David D. Caron

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