A Nascent Common Law : The Process of Decisionmaking in International Legal Disputes Between States and Foreign Investors.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Table of Cases -- Part 1 The Framework of Investor-State Arbitration -- Chapter 1 Critical Mass: The Unique Role of Investor-State Arbitration in International Law -- 1.1 Quantitative Explanation -- 1.2 Qualitative Explanation -- 1.3 Functional Explanation -- 1.4 Consequence of Doctrinal Divergence -- 1.5 Method -- Chapter 2 Theoretical Underpinnings of the Adjudicatory Framework -- 2.1 Beneath the Contract Law Analogy -- 2.1.1 The Imperfections of the Contract Law Analogy -- 2.1.2 The Virtues of the Contract Law Analogy -- 2.2 Beneath the Treaty Analogy -- 2.2.1 The Imperfections of the Treaty Analogy -- 2.2.2 The Virtues of the Treaty Analogy -- 2.3 Reconstructing Investor-State Arbitration through Unilateral Acts -- Chapter 3 Stability of the Adjudicatory Framework -- 3.1 The Offer and Acceptance Analogy and Denunciation of the ICSID Convention -- 3.2 The Offer and Acceptance Analogy and the Termination of Standing Consent Instruments -- 3.3 Denunciation and Modification under the Treaty Analogy -- 3.4 Denunciation and Modification of Consents to Arbitration under the Unilateral Act Model -- 3.5 Implications for the Process of Decisionmaking -- Chapter 4 Iura Novit Curia -- 4.1 Beneath Iura Novit Curia -- 4.1.1 The Problems of Applying Iura Novit Curia in Investor-State Arbitration -- 4.1.2 The Virtues of Iura Novit Curia -- 4.2 Beneath the Terms of Reference -- 4.2.1 The Problems of Limiting Applicable Law to the Pleadings -- 4.2.2 The Virtues of Limiting Applicable Law to the Pleadings -- 4.3 Reconstructing Iura Novit Curia as Urteilskraft -- Part 2 Establishing Jurisdiction in Investor-State Arbitration -- Chapter 5 The Problem of Jurisdictional Judgment -- 5.1 Burdens of Proof and Persuasion in Establishing Jurisdiction -- 5.1.1 Existence and Scope of Consent -- 5.1.2 Jurisdictional Facts.

5.2 The Shortcomings of Use of Burdens of Proof and Persuasion in the Jurisdictional Context -- 5.3 Ex Officio Establishment of Jurisdiction -- 5.4 The Shortcomings of Jurisdictional Decisionmaking Ex Officio -- 5.5 Preliminary Reconciliation -- Chapter 6 Proof of Consent -- 6.1 The Function of Jurisdiction in International Law-Factory at Chorzów -- 6.2 Application of the Factory at Chorzów Approach in Investor-State Arbitrations -- 6.3 The Process of Jurisdictional Proof of Consent in Investor-State Arbitration -- 6.4 Investor Reliance and Interpretation of Consent Instruments -- 6.5 Clarity Presumptions are Inconsistent with the Factory at Chorzów Approach -- 6.6 Reevaluating Jurisdictional Decisions in Light of the Proof of Law -- Chapter 7 Establishment of Jurisdictional Facts -- 7.1 A Level Playing Field-Proof of Jurisdictional Facts Before the International Court of Justice -- 7.2 The Practice of Investment Tribunals -- 7.3 De Facto Burdens of Production -- 7.4 Burden of Production and Factual Presumptions -- 7.5 Dispositive Use of Burdens Revisited -- Chapter 8 The Inductive Process of Jurisdictional Decisionmaking -- 8.1 Jurisdictional Balancing as Exercise of Independent Judgment -- 8.2 Jurisdictional Balancing and the Nature of Consent -- 8.3 The Inductive Triangulation of Jurisdictional Equilibrium Points -- Part 3 Developing Investment Protection as Common Law -- Chapter 9 The Precedent Problem -- 9.1 Investor-State Awards as Evincing Customary International Law -- 9.2 Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle-The Alleged Illegitimacy of BIT Arbitrations -- 9.3 Grand Bargains and Self-contained Regimes -- 9.4 The Critical Knot -- Chapter 10 Law as Process -- 10.1 Reliance upon Earlier Decisions in the Investor-State Arbitral Process -- 10.2 Divergence of Investor-State Arbitral Awards -- 10.2.1 The Argentine Cases -- 10.2.2 The NAFTA Cases.

10.2.3 CME/Lauder Cases -- 10.2.4 The SGS Cases -- 10.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 11 The Common Law Solution -- 11.1 Civil Law System and Common Law Process -- 11.2 Investor-State Arbitration as Common Law -- 11.3 Law in Multiple Dimensions -- 11.4 Resolving the Problems of the Prevalent Approaches -- 11.5 Prior Decisions as Persuasive Precedent -- 11.6 Legitimacy Restored: The Virtue of Divergence -- Part 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 12 Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose -- 12.1 Independent Judgment -- 12.2 The Inductive, Synthetic Nature of Judgment -- 12.3 Judgment and the Transnational Legal Process -- 12.4 Autopoiesis Revisited -- Bibliography -- Index.

In A Nascent Common Law, Frédéric Gilles Sourgens offers an account of the theoretical underpinnings of investor-state arbitration, a key growth field of international and transnational law.

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