950034 KU International Investment Law (2024W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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This is a fee-based continuous education and training programme/certificate course offered by the Postgraduate Center. Please note that you must be admitted to a continuing education and training programme/certificate course to participate.
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).
- Registration is open from Mo 16.09.2024 09:00 to We 25.09.2024 23:59
- Deregistration possible until We 25.09.2024 23:59
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max. 40 participants
Language: English
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Currently no class schedule is known.
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment: Written exam
Permitted materials: closed book
Permitted materials: closed book
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
50% for a positive grade, based on the written exam
Examination topics
All topics covered in the course
Reading list
Materials will be provided during the course.
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Last modified: We 31.07.2024 11:06
Contents: The course will trace the traditional approach of regulating foreign direct investments in customary international law and then focus on the present state of investor protection through a dense web of bilateral investment protection treaties as well as some multilateral agreements containing investment provisions. The standards of treatment guaranteed to foreign investors in these treaties as well as under customary international law will be analyzed. This course will on the one hand focus on substantive standards, such as fair and equitable treatment, full protection and security, most-favored-nation treatment and national treatment. Equally, the protection against expropriation will merit special attention. On the other hand this course provides an overview of international arbitration between States and foreign investors. Arbitration is the preferred method for the settlement of disputes arising from investments. The proliferation of bilateral investment treaties has contributed to a dramatic increase in investor-State arbitrations. The growing case-law of international arbitration tribunals will serve as a background to this analysis.
Method: Lecture and discussion