This book presents a creative synthesis of two ostensibly disparate fields of law - arbitration and human rights. More specifically, it focuses on various legislative approaches to excluding the annulment of arbitral awards (setting-aside proceedings) at the seat of arbitration …
This book discusses the use of the compromissory clause in international investment agreements (IIAs) for interstate dispute resolution. It puts forward the possibility of using state-to-state arbitration based on the compromissory clause in IIAs as an alternative means of resol…
Supervision ist ein wichtiger Baustein zur Qualitätssicherung, sowohl in der Ausbildung als auch in der täglichen Arbeit der Mediatoren. Da für die Supervision keine feststehenden Regeln und Abläufe bestehen, gibt es in der Praxis unterschiedliche Erscheinungsformen. Im Mittelpu…
This open access book examines the multiple intersections between national and international courts in the field of investment protection, and suggests possible modes for regulating future jurisdictional interactions between domestic courts and international tribunals. The curre…
This book discusses the reform and improvement of Chinese legislation on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects (PFIPs), the goal being to help its implementation in China satisfy international standards. In this regard, current Chinese laws are found to be insufficient when…
This book examines the impact of EU trade and investment agreements on public services, a topic that continues to be the subject of heated political debate. It surveys a broad range of EU agreements and provides a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of the rules and disciplines o…
This book analyses a selection of challenges in the implementation and application of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), focusing on several areas: international organizations, fisheries, security, preserving marine biodiversity, dispute settlement, and inter…
This book presents a comprehensive and systematic study of the principal aspects of the modern law of international commercial transactions. Based on diverse sources, including legislative texts, case law, international conventions, and a variety of soft-law instruments, it high…
This book explores how the ethically inconsistent behaviour by international entities can be rooted in moral fibers of the decision-makers, their varying foci depending on their self-interest, ignoring long established norms of international conduct on which they rest. It explor…
Trade liberalization has shaped international economic relations since the conclusion of the GATT 1947. The last few decades have seen a significant shift in the focus of this process: multilateralism seems to have reached its limits, giving way to regionalism, and the focus of …
"Now in a fully updated third edition, The Law of Construction Disputes is a leading source of authoritative and detailed information on the whole area of construction law including contracts and their performance, third parties, pursuing claims and dispute resolution. It covers…
This book offers a series of original essays by an international group of scholars whose work looks comparatively at laws attempts to deal with the past. Ranging from questions of criminal responsibility and amnesty to those of laws relation to time, memory, and the ethics of re…
Chern on dispute boards: practice and procedure
by Chern, Cyril
fromConstruction practice series
Chern on Dispute Boards examines the law of dispute boards and their development internationally, while also covering procedural topics that are of particular concern to those utilising dispute boards. It deals with advanced practitioner issues in the emerging law of dispute boa…
Chern on dispute boards: practice and procedure
by Chern, Cyril
fromConstruction practice series
"Chern on Dispute Boards examines the law of dispute boards and their development internationally, while also covering procedural topics that are of particular concern to those utilising dispute boards. It deals with advanced practitioner issues in the emerging law of dispute bo…
Chern on dispute boards: practice and procedure
by Chern, Cyril
fromConstruction practice series
"Chern on Dispute Boards examines the law of dispute boards and their development internationally, while also covering procedural topics that are of particular concern to those utilising dispute boards. It deals with advanced practitioner issues in the emerging law of dispute bo…