Universität Wien

030674 KU Current Reform Topics in International Investment Law - with special attention to the role of the EU (2022W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

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Details

max. 40 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Montag 12.12. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM41 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Montag 12.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SEM43 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
  • Dienstag 13.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
  • Mittwoch 14.12. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM62 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Mittwoch 14.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Hörsaal U13 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Donnerstag 15.12. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM61 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Donnerstag 15.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SEM52 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 5.OG
  • Freitag 16.12. 09:00 - 12:00 Seminarraum SEM44 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 4.OG
  • Freitag 16.12. 14:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SEM62 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This course will introduce current “hot topics” in International Investment Law, including a specific focus on the involvement of the European Union. The course will deal with two areas - market access for foreign investors as well as the (legal) protections of foreign investments after such investments have been admitted. In all areas, we will discuss recently implemented as well as upcoming proposed reforms.

Market access for foreign investors is discussed in relation to the notion of investment screening, a topic of increasing importance especially since the adoption of the EU Investment Screening Regulation and the impending adoption of an EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation.

Regarding the field of legal protections for foreign investments, the initial topics will include the increasing transparency obligations during Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS), the recent reforms to the ICSID Rules (the Amended Rules or AR) and the Additional Facility Rules (AFR), as well as the presently ongoing discussions in UNCITRAL WG III,regarding reforms to ISDS procedural issues with a special focus on the EU initiative of a Multilateral Investment Court, but also the recently concluded ”Agreement in Principle” for a new Energy Charter Treaty. A further topic will be the reforms of investment policy directly connected to the EU: we will discuss the EU constitutional framework regarding ISDS, substantive and procedural reforms to EU investment agreements, as well as the new role of the EU Member States in implementing EU investment policies. A final topic will be intra-EU investment protections, summarizing the CJEU’s landmark cases of Achmea and Komstroy, discussions on the so-called Intra-EU BITs Termination Agreement – and what the future might bring regarding intra-EU investment protections.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Multiple Choice Test

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

There will be a reader available on Moodle.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Mi 02.11.2022 13:27