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Contract Interpretation in Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Theory of the Incidental Issue

Contract Interpretation in Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Theory of the Incidental Issue

Author: Yuliya Chernykh
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004414679
Published In: February 2022
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Contracts are relevant, frequently central, for a significant number of investment disputes. Yet, the way tribunals ascertain their content remains largely underexplored. How do tribunals interpret contracts in investment treaty arbitration? How should they interpret contracts? Does national law have any role to play? Contract Interpretation in Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Theory of the Incidental Issue addresses these questions. The monograph offers a valuable insight into the practice and theory of contract interpretation in investment treaty arbitration. By proposing a theoretical frame for seamless integration of contract interpretation into the overall structure of decision-making, the book contributes to predictability, coherence, sufficiency and correctness of the tribunals’ interpretative practices in investment treaty arbitration.

Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1: Setting the Scene

1. Overview of Contract Interpretation in Investment Treaty Arbitration

Part 2: Defining a Relevant Legal Frame

2. National Laws and Contract Interpretation

3. International Law and Contract Interpretation

Part 3. Enabling National Law

4. The Power of Treaty-Based Tribunals to Interpret Contracts

5. Contract Interpretation as the Incidental Issue

General Conclusion

Future Research

Annexes:

Annex I. All Known Treaty-Based Cases as of 30 January 2019

Annex II. Cases Excluded from Assessment (Publicly Unavailable Awards and Decisions, or Available Awards and Decisions in Languages Other than English or Russian)

Annex III. Cases with Publicly Available Awards and Decisions in English or Russian Language (the Basis for Assessment)

Annex IV. Cases with Elements of Contract Interpretation

Annex V. Cases with the Application of National Law to Contract Interpretation (Interpretative Rules of National Laws)

Annex VI. Cases with the Application of National Law to Contract Interpretation (Interpretation in Light of Various Other Rules of National Laws)

Annex VII. Model BITS as of 30 January 2019

Annex VIII. List of Analysed BITS

Annex IX. Provisions of Some Relevance for Contract Interpretation in the Selected Uniform Private Law Conventions

Annex X. IIAS with Reference to Conflict of Laws of the Host State

Bibliography

Index