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?Despite some textual differences, bilateral investment treaties provide the same guarantees: an investor under the UK – Russian Federation BIT (1992) is entitled to the same procedural and substantive protections as an investor under the US ? Rwanda BIT (2011).?
Critically discuss the above statement with reference to relevant treaty provisions and arbitration practice.
? The word limit is 5，000 words.
? Provide a bibliography and footnotes.
? Footnotes count towards the word limit, but the bibliography does not.
? Read the Assessment Code of Practice. Plagiarism is a breach of examination regulations which will be penalised by the deduction of marks and may be treated as a disciplinary academic offence.
1. Please use references and footnotes as many as possible (Be careful of the correct form of the footnote.)
2 .The essay must base on the given topic to discuss critically. Do not abschweifen.
3. It is better to add this information in the context such as:
a. Subject:(for example:Company law)
b. Other related subjects:(for example:Banking and finance)
c. Keywords:(for example:Banking supervision;Directors’liabilities)
d. Legislation:(For example:Financial Service Act 2010)
（it is better to use more relevant Legislation）
4 . The direct quotation in the context must be in correct form with the double quotation marks(??). The paper will be checked by Turnitin, the similarity is not allowed to exceed 20%.
5 . It is better to use some case to illustrate the topic, even the typical law cases in the proper places.
6. Critically discuss the above statement with reference to relevant treaty provisions and arbitration practice.
Materials:
The following recommended texts will help you answer the questions:
Textbooks:
A Newcombe, L Paradell, Law and Practice of Investment Treaties (Kluwer Law International, 2009) Chapter 9
R Dolzer, C Schreuer, Principles of International Investment Law (OUP, 2008) 72-79 and 153-162
Jeswald W. Salacuse, The Law of Investment Treaties (OUP, 2010) Chapter 11
M Sornarajah, The International Law on Foreign Investment (3rd ed, Cambridge University Press 2010) Chapter 7 (e-book available)
R Dolzer, C Schreuer, Principles of International Investment Law (OUP, 2008) 214-251
M Sornarajah, The International Law on Foreign Investment (3rd ed, Cambridge University Press 2010) Chapter 8 (e-book available)
Stephan W. Schill, The Multilateralization of International Investment Law (2009) chapter IV (e-book available)
Z Douglas, The MFN Clause in Investment Arbitration: Treaty Interpretation Off the Rails (2011) Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Vol. 2, No. 1, 97?113
A Reinisch, How Narrow are Narrow Dispute Settlement Clauses in Investment Treaties? (2011) Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Vol. 2, No. 1, 115?174
Cases:
Saipem S.p.A. v People?s Republic of Bangladesh, Decision on jurisdiction, 21 March 2007 (ICSID Case No ARB/05/7) (2007) 22 ICSID Rev 100
Saipem v Bangladesh, Award 20 June 2009 (ICSID Case No ARB/05/7)
SGS Soci?t? G?n?rale de Surveillance SA v Pakistan, Decision on Objections to Jurisdiction, 6 August 2003 (ICSID Case No ARB/01/13) (2003) 42 ILM 1290
SGS Soci?t? G?n?rale de Surveillance SA v Philippines, Decision on Objections to Jurisdiction and Separate Declaration, 29 January 2004 (ICSID Case No ARB/02/6)
Nykomb Synergetics Technology Holding AB v Latvia, Award, 16 December 2003 (SCC Case No 118/2001)
Eureko BV v Poland, Partial Award and Dissenting Opinion, 19 August 2005 (Ad hoc?UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules) 12 ICSID Reports 335
Mafezzini v Spain, Award, 13 November 2000 (ICSID Case No ARB/97/7) (2002) 5 ICSID Rep 419
Wintershall Aktiengesellschaft v Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No ARB/04/14, Award, 8 December 2008
Articles:
Schreuer, C, ?Calvo?s Grandchildren: The Return of Local Remedies in Investment Arbitration? (2005) 4 L & Practice Intl Courts & Tribunals 1
Sattorova, M., Denial of Justice Disguised: Investment Arbitration and the Protection of Foreign Investors from Judicial Misconduct (2012) 61 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 223-246
Sattorova, M., Judicial expropriation or denial of justice: Saipem v Bangladesh (2010) 13 International Arbitration Law Review 35
LE Trakman, Investor State Arbitration or Local Courts: Will Australia Set a New Trend? (2012) 46 Journal of World Trade 83-120
S Schill, ?Enabling Private Ordering: Function, Scope and Effect of Umbrella Clauses in International Investment Treaties? (2009) 18 Minn J Intl L 1
J Crawford, ?Treaty and Contract in Investment Arbitration? (2008) 24 Arbitration International 351
Sinclair, A.C., ?The Origins of the Umbrella Clause in the International Law of Investment Protection? (2004) 20 Arbitration Intl 411
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