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In the course of the project August Reinisch and Christina Knahr regularly publish on topical issues in international investment arbitration.


August Reinisch wrote the following project-relevant contributions:

•    Enforcement of Investment Awards, in: C. Yannaca-Small (ed.), Arbitration Under International Investment Agreements: An Analysis of the Key Jurisdictional, Substantive & Procedural Issues (forthcoming).

•    The Issues Raised by Parallel Proceedings and Possible Solutions, in: M. Waibel/A. Kaushal/K.-H. L. Chung/C. Balchin (eds.), The Backlash against Investment Arbitration: Perceptions and Reality (forthcoming).

•    with Christina Binder, Economic Emergency Powers: A Comparative Law Perspective, in: S. Schill (ed.), International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law (forthcoming).

•    Necessity in Investment Arbitration, in: Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (2010) (forthcoming).

•    Protection of or Protection against Foreign Investment? – The Proposed Unbundling Rules of the EC Draft Energy Directives, in: European Yearbook of International Economic Law 53-75 (2010).

•    Recent Developments in International Investment Law (Paris, Pedone 2009), 81 pp.

•    with Christoph Schreuer, Loretta Malintoppi and Anthony Sinclair, The ICSID Convention: A Commentary (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., 2009), 1524 pp.

•     with Christina  Binder/Ursula Kriebaum and Stephan Wittich, International Investment Law in the 21st Century. Essays in Honour of Christoph Schreuer(Oxford, Oxford University Press 2009), 970 pp.

•    The Future of Investment Arbitration, in: C. Binder/U. Kriebaum/A. Reinisch/S. Wittich (eds.), International Investment Law for the 21st Century. Essays in Honour of Christoph Schreuer 894-916 (Oxford, Oxford University Press 2009).

•    Internationales Investitionsschutzrecht, in: C. Tietje (ed.), Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 346-374 (Berlin, De Gruyter Recht 2009).

•    Die Beilegung von Investitionsstreitigkeiten, in: C. Tietje (ed.), Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 801-817 (Berlin, De Gruyter Recht 2009).

•    Die internationale Handelsschiedsgerichtsbarkeit und andere Formen der Streitbeilegung im Internationalen Wirtschaftsrecht, in: C. Tietje (ed.), Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 745-762 (Berlin, De Gruyter Recht 2009).

•    European Court of Justice: Commission of the European Communities v. Austria and Sweden (March 3, 2009) Introductory Note, in: 48 ILM 470-472 (2009).

•    Legality of Expropriations, in: A. Reinisch (ed.), Standards of Investment Protection 171-204 Oxford University Press 2008).

•    Enteignung und Fair and Equitable Treatment, in: Ch. Tietje (ed.), International Investment Protection and Arbitration – Theoretical and Practical Perspectives 119-138 (Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag 2008).

•    The Proliferation of International Dispute Settlement Mechanisms: The Threat of Fragmentation vs. the Promise of a More Effective System? – Some Reflections from the Perspective of Investment Arbitration, in: I. Buffard/J. Crawford/A. Pellet/S. Wittich (eds.), International Law between Universalism and Fragmentation – Festschrift in Honour of Gerhard Hafner 107-125 Leiden – Boston, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2008); also available at http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/22660/Proliferation_of_DS_Mechanisms.pdf.

•    Sachverständigengutachten zur Frage des Bestehens und der Wirkung des völkerrechtlichen Rechtfertigungsgrundes „Staatsnotstand“ in: 68 Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht ZaöRV – Heidelberg Journal of International Law 3-34 (2008).

•    The Role of Precedent in ICSID Arbitration, in: Austrian Arbitration Yearbook 495-510 (2008).

•    Back to Basics: From the Notion of “Investment” to the Purpose of Annulment – ICSID Arbitration in 2007, in: The Global Community. Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 1591-1614 (2008).

•    New Jurisdictional Hurdles, More on Investment Protection Standards and Novel Procedural Issues – ICSID Arbitration in 2006, in: The Global Community. Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 1799-1828 (2007).

•    "Investment and … – The Broader Picture of Investment Law", in: Reinisch/Knahr (eds.), International Investment Law in Context. Utrecht: eleven international publishing 201-207 (2008)

•    From the Intricacies of Ratione Personae Jurisdiction to Failed Justifications on the Merits under the Necessity Defence – ICSID Arbitration in 2005, in: The Global Community. Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2006, 1449-1465 (Oceana Publications, 2007)

•    Necessity in International Investment Arbitration – An Unnecessary Split of Opinions in Recent ICSID Cases? Comments on CMS and LG&E, 8 The Journal of World Investment and Trade 191-214 (2007)

•    Introductory Note to International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID): LG&E Energy Corp., LG&E Capital Corp., LG&E International Inc. v. The Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/1, Decision on Liability, 3 October 2006, 46 ILM 36 (2007)

•    With Christina Knahr, Transparency versus Confidentiality in International Investment Arbitration – The Biwater Gauff Compromise, 6 The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 97 (2007)

•    State Insolvency – Consequences and Obligations under Investment Treaties, Comment in: R. Hofmann und C. J. Tams (eds.), The International Convention for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Stocktaking After 40 Years, 175-178 (Frankfurt 2007)

•    From Contested Jurisdiction to Indirect Expropriation and Fair and Equitable Treatment – Developments in ICSID Arbitration in 2004, in: The Global Community. Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2005, 1653-1670 (Oceana Publications, 2006)

•    Expropriation, in: P. Muchlinski (ed.), ILA Committee on the International Law on Foreign Investment (forthcoming 2008)

•    With Loretta Malintoppi, Methods of Dispute Resolution, in: P. Muchlinski (ed.), ILA Committee on the International Law on Foreign Investment (forthcoming 2008)

•    Maffezini, in: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (OUP, forthcoming)

•    International Courts and Tribunals, Multiple Jurisdiction in: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (OUP, forthcoming)

•    with Irmgard Marboe, Contracts between States and Foreign Private Law Persons in: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (OUP, forthcoming)

•    Contracts between International Organizations and Private Law Persons in: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (OUP, forthcoming)

•    with Ursula Kriebaum, Property, Right to, International Protection in: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (OUP, forthcoming)


Christina Knahr wrote the following project-relevant articles:

•    ICSID Arbitration and WTO Dispute Settlement – A Comparative Analysis, ZaöRV (2010) (forthcoming)

•    The Decision on Jurisdiction in Micula v. Romania, American Journal of International Law (2010) (forthcoming)

•    Annulment and its Role in the Context of Conflicting Awards, in: M. Waibel/A. Kaushal/K.-H. L. Chung/C. Balchin (eds.), The Backlash against Investment Arbitration: Perceptions and Reality (2010) (forthcoming)

•    Book Review of: Gus van Harten, Investment Treaty Arbitration and Public Law, International Constitutional Law Journal (2009) (forthcoming) 

•    Investments “in the territory of the host state”, in: Christina  Binder/Ursula Kriebaum/August Reinisch/Stephan Wittich (eds), International Investment Law in the 21st Century. Essays in Honour of Christoph Schreuer (Oxford, University Press 2009)

•    Consolidation of Proceedings in International Investment Arbitration, in: Knahr/Koller/Rechberger/Reinisch (eds), Investment and Commercial Arbitration – Similarities and Divergences 1-19 (Eleven International Publishing, 2009)

•    Fair and Equitable Treatment and its Relationship with other Treatment Standards, Austrian Arbitration Yearbook 2009, 493-513 (Manz, 2009)

•    Introductory Note to ICSID Case Micula v. Romania, 48 International Legal Materials 48 (2009)

•    The Relevance of the Energy Charter Treaty in International Investment Arbitration – Some Comments on Recent Developments, in: N. Ruppel (ed), Europäisches und Internationales Energiewirtschaftsrecht, 60-65 (Boorberg, 2009)

•    Legal Maxims: Summaries and Extracts from Selected Case Law: ICSID, in: The Global Community. Yearbook of International Law & Jurisprudence 2008, 1615-1843 (Oceana Publications 2009)

•    Participation of Non-disputing Parties as Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration, in: Nolte/Hilpold (eds.), Auslandsinvestitionen - Entwicklung großer Kodifikationen - Fragmentierung des Völkerrechts - Status des Kosovo. Beiträge zum 31. Österreichischen Völkerrechtstag 2006 in München (Peter Lang, 2008)

•    The Role of Non-State Actors in International Investment Arbitration, 32 South African Yearbook of International Law 455-470 (2008)

•    Investments "in accordance with host state law", in: Reinisch/Knahr, International Investment Law in Context, 27-42 (Eleven International Publishing, 2008)

•    Legal Maxims: Summaries and Extracts from Selected Case Law: ICSID, in: The Global Community Yearbook of International Law & Jurisprudence 2006, 1467-1674 (Oceana Publications, 2007)

•    Introductory Note to ICSID Case Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Ltd. v. United Republic of Tanzania, 46 ILM 12 (2007)

•    Indirect Expropriation in Recent Investment Arbitration, Transnational Dispute Management (December 2007)

•    Investitionen "in Übereinstimmung mit nationalen Rechtsvorschriften", in: Knahr/Reinisch, Aktuelle Probleme und Entwicklungen im Internationalen Investitionsrecht.  Stuttgart: Boorberg Verlag, 125-141 (2008)

•    Transparency, Third Party Participation and Access to Documents in International Investment Arbitration, 23 Arbitration International 327 (2007)

•    With August Reinisch, Transparency versus Confidentiality in International Investment Arbitration – The Biwater Gauff Compromise, 6 The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 97 (2007)

•    Legal Maxims: Summaries and Extracts from Selected Case Law: ICSID, in: THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY Yearbook of International Law & Jurisprudence 2005, 5 (II), 1671-1825 (Oceana Publications, 2006)


Within the framework of the research project the following books were edited:


•    Christina Knahr/Christian Koller/Walter Rechberger/August Reinisch (eds), Investment and Commercial Arbitration – Similarities and Divergences. (Utrecht, eleven international publishing, 2009)

•    A. Reinisch (ed.), Standards of Protection in International Investment Law (Oxford University Press, 2008)

•    A. Reinisch/C. Knahr (eds.), International Investment Law in Context (Utrecht: eleven international publishing, 2008)

•    C. Knahr/A. Reinisch (eds.), Aktuelle Probleme und Entwicklungen im Internationalen Investitionsrecht (Stuttgart: Boorberg Verlag, 2008)

 

 

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