Universität Wien

030293 SE Seminar on International Investment Law (2016S)

for undergraduate and graduate students

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 16.03. 15:30 - 16:30 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG (Kickoff Class)
  • Monday 20.06. 09:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
  • Tuesday 21.06. 09:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

International investment law consists of those international legal principles that define the obligations of states toward the investments of aliens within their territory. As recently as thirty years ago, this body of law was defined by a relatively few cases and pertinent treaties; today there literally are thousands of investment treaties and hundreds of cases interpreting and applying those treaties. Many of these cases raise issues that were unknown, or at least not discussed, thirty years ago.
The seminar will focus on the many arbitral awards that have interpreted investment law in the meantime.

Referate und Diskussion der von den Teilnehmern aus den Themenschwerpunkten ausgewählten Referate
Presentation and discussion of papers selected by the participants from the list of topics below.

Themenliste/ List of topics:

Anmerkung: Es kann auch ein Thema gewählt werden, das nicht aufgelistet ist, sofern es den Themenschwerpunkten entspricht.

Note: You can also choose a topic that is not on the list, given it corresponds to the thematic priorities.

Investment protection and natural resources. Investment protection and water, sanitation & flood protection.
Investment protection and state bonds.
Investment protection and waste disposal.
Investment protection and health
Investment protection and construction
Investment protection and tourism/hotels
Investment protection and dam constructions
Investment protection and electric power & other energy
Investment protection and transportation
Investment protection and services and trade
Investment protection and finance
Investment protection and information & communication
Investment protection and agriculture, fishing & forestry
Investment protection and state of necessity.

Assessment and permitted materials

Active participation during the meetings; furthermore, participants will have to prepare a written paper and present it orally in class and will have to discuss the papers of their colleagues.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Graduate and undergraduate students, preferably with some previous knowledge in international (investment) law.

Presentation of draft seminar paper in class (25%), class participation (5%), final seminar paper (70%).

Knowledge of English.

Examination topics

see topics above

Reading list

On the homepage of the department you can find many useful links for scientific research: http://intlaw.univie.ac.at/links/ -> see moodle platform

For the literature search on public international law following databases are particularly recommended:

- OPAC (Bibliothekskatalog des Max-Planck-Instituts für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, http://www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/library/catalogues_databases.cfm)

- und der Katalog der Bibliothek des Friedenspalastes (http://www.ppl.nl)

Investitionsrecht:

International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes: https://icsid.worldbank.org/apps/ICSIDWEB/Pages/default.aspx

Investment Treaty Arbitration:

http://www.italaw.com/

Recommendes basic literature:

Rudolf Dolzer, Christoph Schreuer, Principles of International Investment Law, 2nd ed., OUP, 2012.

Association in the course directory

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