Investment Arbitration
Code
MM147
Department
Área de Ensino
Credits
4
Weekly hours
3
Subject matter
Investment Arbitration - Summary of Contents
I – International disputes and international arbitration
II – The International Centre for the Settlement of International Disputes (ICSID)
III – The Bilateral Investment Treaties
IV – The jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunals:
(i) Ratione personae (definition of investor)
(ii) Ratione materiae (definition of investment)
(iii) Ratione voluntatis (definition of consent)
(iv) Ratione temporis (definition of dispute)
V – The Umbrella Clause and the Most Favored Nation Clause
VI – The substantive standards of investment protection
VII – The Annulment of arbitral awards
VIII – The Enforcement of Arbitral awards