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Dec 15, 2011 very few areas of international have experienced such growth over the past 1015 years as the law of international investments, which is mainly due to the multiplication of bilateral investment treaties bit and consequently of arbitration awards that have been rendered by tribunals constituted on the basis of those treaties. Compensation for expropriation international institute for. Moreover, the expropriation clause is the only provision in bilateral investment protection treaties bits designed to address the method of calculation of compensation. Later, part iii explains how different valuation methods incorporate country risk. Most of the leading texts on international investment law focus on the legal principles, but devote considerably less attention to quantum. Apr 03, 2017 measurement and calculation alternatives, as well as insurance options in part ii. However, it is in fact the cause of one of the fundamental errors committed in damages calculations. Use our personal learning platform and check out our low prices and other ebook categories. Damages in international investment law sergey ripinsky. In this chapter, our aim is to situate the causation inquiry within international investment law. In sum, the calculation of compensation and damages in international investment law is an impressive work.
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The guide to damages in international arbitration debevoise. After a short general introduction in chapter 1, chapter 2 analyses the function of compensation and damages in international investment disputes. In the oxford dictionary of law, compensation is referred to as monetary payment to compensate for loss or damage. Mar 30, 2017 calculation of compensation and damages in international investment law is an impressive work. The interaction between legal and economic practitioners is not a oneway street. Irmgard marboe, calculation of compensation and damages in. Calculation of compensation and damages in international investment law, 2d ed. Accounting for uncertainty in discounted cash flow valuation. Reprinted with the permission of jurisnet llc, huntington, new york 11743. The losses suffered by investors can consist of 1 the full loss or simply a diminution in the investment s value. However, as irmgard marboe illustrates at the outset of her book calculation of compensation and damages in international investment law by quoting the statement by waelde and sabahi that the issue of compensation and damages is the poor cousin when the royal battle rages first about jurisdiction and then about the merits.
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