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Postgraduate Course: International Investment Arbitration: Theory and Practice (LAWS11400)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis module is tailored for students seeking to further develop their knowledge of international investment law, and improve both their written and oral advocacy skills in investment arbitration. In so doing, students will have the opportunity to substantiate the most important stages of investor-state arbitration proceedings and present written and oral submissions. This practical component of the course will be accompanied by further theoretical analysis of the legitimacy of the investment arbitration regime.

The course will develop around a mock investor-state dispute, which will be argued by students, as claimants and respondents. To this end students will work in groups in and outside the classroom (this aspect is akin to a preparation for a moot court competition). Students will be expected to read primary and secondary materials and apply these to the specific facts of the mock case.
Course description Course Content:

* Introduction - Advocacy in international arbitration
* Bringing an investment dispute: Notice of Intent
* Appointment of arbitrators and challenge
* Rules of procedure
* Mock hearing ¿ organisation of the case
* Presenting evidence
* Transparency in investment arbitration
* Awards
* Revision and preparation of mock hearing
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites Students MUST also take: International Investment Law (LAWS11131) AND
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Acquire substantial knowledge and understanding of the organisation of an investment treaty based arbitration.
  2. Acquire substantial understanding of the procedural phases of investor-state arbitration proceedings: from the notice of intent to the final preparation of an award.
  3. Acquire and further develop a critical understanding of the theoretical and broader policy debates surrounding controversial phases of the investment dispute.
Reading List
G. Born (2015) International Arbitration Cases and Materials (2 ed.). The Hague Kluwer law international.

D. Bishop, M. Reisman, J. Crawford (2014) Foreign investment disputes: cases, materials, and commentary (Kluwer Law International).

Andrew Newcombe & Llui¿s Paradell (2009) Law and Practice of Investment Treaties ¿ Standards of Treatment (Wolters Kluwer)

M. Sornarajah, The International Law on Foreign Investment (Cambridge University Press, 4rd edition, 2017)

C. McLachlan, L. Shore, and M. Weiniger (2007) International Investment Arbitration: Substantive Principles (Oxford University Press)

K. Nadakaukaren Schefer (2013) International Investment Law: Text, Cases and Materials
(Edward Elgar)

T. Weiler (ed.) (2005) International Investment Law and Arbitration: Leading Cases from the ICSID, NAFTA, Bilateral Treaties and Customary International Law (Cameron May)
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills 1. Perform a strategic analysis of investment treaty based disputes and be able to extrapolate such an analysis to other international disputes, if appropriate.
2. Acquire written and oral advocacy skills to deal with international arbitration proceedings
3. Be able to draft selected sections of written submissions and prepare oral statements
4. Assess the relevance of factual and expert evidence and acquire general knowledge on
examination of witnesses and experts.
5. Students will be able to articulate, sustain and defend a line of argument, in both written and oral form.
The course will also advance critical research and communication skills.
6. Students will acquire the ability to develop and express an argument and rebut counterarguments, both written
and orally.
7. Student will acquire time management skills and the ability to prioritise various tasks.
8. Students will acquire the ability to navigate investment literature and investment arbitration databases,
in order to adequately support complex legal arguments.

KeywordsArbitration,International Investment,investor-state arbitration proceedings
Contacts
Course organiserMrs Ana Maria Daza Vargas
Tel:
Email: AnaMaria.DazaVargas@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Kevin Duckworth
Tel: (0131 6)50 2002
Email: Kevin.Duckworth@ed.ac.uk
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