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David D. Caron

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2011

International Courts - International Arbitration

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International Courts And Tribunals: Their Roles Amidst A World Of Courts, David D. Caron Jun 2011

International Courts And Tribunals: Their Roles Amidst A World Of Courts, David D. Caron

David D. Caron

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The Independence And Impartiality Of Legal Systems, David D. Caron Dec 2010

The Independence And Impartiality Of Legal Systems, David D. Caron

David D. Caron

As lawyers, we often focus on the independence and impartiality of a judge or of an arbitrator. At least as important, however, is whether the system itself is independent or impartial. This is particularly true given that the task of building robust rule of law around the world is an initiative near the top of many foreign policy lists and that a central component of robust rule of law is the existence of a system of independent and impartial courts and tribunals. But what does it mean to require independence and impartiality at the level of the system rather than …

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The Profound Significance Of The Uncc For The Environment, David D. Caron Dec 2010

The Profound Significance Of The Uncc For The Environment, David D. Caron

David D. Caron

In this Chapter, the experience of the UNCC with claims regarding the environment is told in terms of six lessons. Although potentially applicable to the BP spill context, these lessons are intended as general ones. Before addressing these lessons, I consider why the lessons of the UNCC are not always readily apparent and how an environmental claim is fundamentally different from other claims present in a claims process.

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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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Icsid In The Twenty-First Century: An Interview With Meg Kinnear, David D. Caron Dec 2010

Icsid In The Twenty-First Century: An Interview With Meg Kinnear, David D. Caron

David D. Caron

This publication is the transcript of an interview of Meg Kinnear which took place on March 26, 2010 in the context of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law. Meg Kinnear is the Secretary General of ICSID, a part of the World Bank. She assumed this post in June of 2009.

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International Courts And Tribunals: Their Roles Amidst A World Of Courts, David D. Caron Dec 2010

International Courts And Tribunals: Their Roles Amidst A World Of Courts, David D. Caron

David D. Caron

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