Author's Notes

Foreword

Preface

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Part I: Overview of Dispute Avoidance and Dispute Resolution

Introduction

Part I. -Part II. -Part III. -Part IV. -Part V. -Part VI. -Dispute Resolution Chart.

Dispute Avoidance

1) Negotiation. -2) Schemes Aimed at Minimising and Managing Risk 9. -3) ADR Filter Mechanisms.

Dispute Resolution

1) Introduction. -2) Some Methods of Dispute Resolution Used Internationally. -3) Organisations Providing Dispute Resolution Facilities: i) Inter-State Courts and Tribunals. ii) International commercial organisations.

International Conventions Dealing with Dispute Resolution

1) UNCLOS III. -2) The ICSID / Washington Convention. -3) The New York Convention.

Part II: Supranational Dispute Resolution

Introduction

International Law and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

1) International Law: i) Municipal Law. ii) Private International Law. iii) Public International Law: a) International Conventions. b) International Custom. c) General Principles of Law Recognised by Civilised Nations. d) Judicial Decisions. Conclusions on Public International Law. -2) The 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: Conclusions on the Vienna Convention.

Territorial Disputes

1) Introduction. -2) Intertemporal Law and Critical Dates. -3) Direct Methods of Acquisition of Title - Roots of Title: i) Treaties. ii) Uti Possidetis. iii) Decisions of International Courts and Tribunals. iv) Agreements Concluded With Local Rulers. -4) Advocacy - Proof and Indirect Methods of Showing Title: i) Pre-hearing Preparatory Stage. ii) The Hearing. -5) Indirect Methods of Acquisition of Title: i) Effective Occupation. ii) Prescription. iii) Discovery. iv) Symbolic Annexation. -6) T...

Maritime Delimitation Disputes and the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention

1) Introduction: -2) Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone. -3) Exclusive Economic Zone. -4) Continental Shelf: i) The US Submerged Lands Act. ii) The Truman Declaration. iii) Provisions of UNCLOS III. -5) Delimitation. -6) Two Cases Illustrating Maritime Delimitation. -7) The Framework Agreement Between Britain and Norway Relating to the Laying of Inter-connecting Submarine Pipelines.

Investor-State Disputes and Investment Treaty Arbitration

1) Introduction. -2) Bilateral Investment Treaties: the Japan-Vietnam Agreement. -3) The ICSID Convention: i) Introduction. ii) The Convention. -4) Some Problems Arising in Investor-State Disputes: i) Jurisdiction Issues. ii) Different Decisions by Different Tribunals. -5) An Example: SGS v Philippines. -6) NAFTA - Chapter 11. -7) Energy Charter Treaty - Article 26.

Part III: Supranational Dispute Resolution Bodies

Introduction

The International Court of Justice

1) Introduction. -2) Historical Overview. -3) The Charter of the United Nations. -4) The Charter of the International Court of Justice. -5) ICJ Rules of Court. -6) Practice Directions of the ICJ. -7) The ICJ Caseload. -8) Conclusions.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration

1) Introduction. -2) Historical Overview. -3) Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, 1899. -4) Present-Day Rules and Procedures. -5) The PCA Rules for Arbitrating Disputes Between Two States. -6) The PCA Optional Conciliation Rules: i) Introduction. ii) The Conciliation Rules. -7) The PCA and UNCITRAL. -8) The PCA Caseload - Pending and Recent Cases. -9) Conclusions.

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Dispute Settlement under UNCLOS III

1) Introduction. -2) Historical Overview. -3) The Dispute Resolution Provisions of Part XV of UNCLOS III: Section 1: General Provisions. Section 2: Compulsory Procedures. Section 3: Limitations and Exceptions. -4) The Statute of ITLOS - The Tribunal: Annex VI: Section 1: Organisation of the Tribunal. Section 2: Competence / Jurisdiction of the Tribunal and Applicable Law. Section 3: Procedure of the Tribunal. Section 4: Seabed Disputes Chamber. Section 5. -5) The ITLOS Caseload and Some Decis...

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

1) Introduction. -2) Historical Overview. -3) The ICSID Institution of Arbitration and Conciliation Procedures. -4) The ICSID Rules of Procedure for Arbitration Proceedings: Introduction. Chapter 1: Establishment of the Tribunal. Chapter II: Procedure of the Tribunal. Chapter III: General Procedural Provisions - Pre-hearing Conferences, Documents, etc. Chapter IV: Written and Oral Procedures. Chapter V: 'Particular Procedures' Chapter VI: The Award. Chapter VII: Interpretation, Revision and A...

Part IV: International Commercial Dispute Resolution

Introduction

Litigation

1) Introduction. -2) National Courts as a Dispute Resolution Forum. -3) National Courts as Support Machinery for the Arbitral Process: The English Arbitration Act: i) Introduction. ii) An Overview of the Act. iii) 'Gap-filling' and Supportive Provisions in the Act. -4) National Courts as a Forum for Enforcing and Challenging Arbitral Awards: i) England: Commercial Court in London. ii) United States: US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. iii) China: Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Cou...

International Commercial Arbitration

1) Introduction: Advantages of Arbitration. Disadvantages of Arbitration. -2) The Agreement to Arbitrate. -3) The Course of an International Arbitration: UNCITRAL Notes on Organising Arbitral Proceedings. International Arbitral Bodies. -4) Arbitration and National Laws. -5) The UNCITRAL Model Arbitration Law: i) Introduction. ii) The Model Law: Chapter I: General Provisions. Chapter II: Arbitration Agreement, Stay of Litigation and Interim Measures. Chapter III: Composition of Arbitral Tribun...

International Commercial Arbitral Institutions and Other International Bodies

A. International Commercial Arbitral Institutions and their Arbitration Rules: -1) Introduction. -2) The London Court of International Arbitration: i) Introduction. ii) The LCIA Arbitration Rules. iii) Other LCIA Dispute Resolution Processes. -3) The International Chamber of Commerce: i) Introduction. ii) The ICC Arbitration Rules. iii) Other ICC Dispute Resolution Processes. -4) The American Arbitration Association at the International Centre for Dispute Resolution: i) Introduction. ii) The ...

Alternative Dispute Resolution

1) Introduction. -2) ADR: An Overview. -3) Institutions Offering ADR Systems: Introduction. i) The CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. ii) The American Arbitration Association. iii) The International Chamber of Commerce. iv) The London Court of International Arbitration. v) The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade / China Chamber of International Commerce. vi) The Mediation Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. vii) The Netherlands Arbitration Institute: Minitria...

Expert Determination

1) Introduction. -2) Expert Determination and Arbitration. -3) Reported Cases Dealing With Expert Determination. -4) Some Institutions Offering Expert Determination: i) The International Chamber of Commerce. ii) The London Court of International Arbitration. iii) The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. -5) Conclusions.

Part V: The Electronic Era

Introduction

The Emergence of Online Dispute Resolution

1) Electronic Commerce. -2) Online Dispute Resolution: i) Commercial Developments: eBay and Square Trade. ii) International Developments: the United Nations.

The ICC DOCDEX System

1) Introduction. -2) The DOCDEX Rules. -3) DOCDEX Decisions.

The WIPO Domain Name Dispute Resolution System

1) Introduction. -2) The Policy and Rules: i) The ICANN UDRP Policy. ii) The ICANN Rules. iii) The WIPO Supplemental Rules [level 3]. -3) WIPO Decisions.

Future Development of Online Dispute Resolution

Part VI: Epilogue

Summary - and a Look into the Future

1) Five Topics. -2) What Does the Future Hold? World Trade and Globalisation: the UN and the ICC. -3) The Need for a Fair Legal Framework.