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Volume 43 | Number 3 Summer 2008

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SGS v. Philippines and the Role of ICSID Tribunals in Investor-State Contract Disputes

by Matthew Wendlandt

Summary

  1. Introduction
  2. A Brief History of Private International Investment
    1. Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)
    2. International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
      1. A Forum for the Resolution of BIT Claims
      2. The Source of ICSID Jurisdiction
      3. The Effect of Umbrella Clauses
  3. Bit Claims and Contract Forum-Selection Clauses
    1. Lanco v. Argentina
    2. Vivendi v. Argentina
  4. The SGS Cases: Of Contract Claims and Forum-Selection Clauses
    1. Declining Jurisdiction over Contract Claims: The Approach in SGS v. Pakistan
      1. Background
      2. Analysis
    2. Accepting Jurisdiction Over Contract Claims: The Approach of SGS v. Philippines
      1. Background
      2. Analysis
  5. Evaluating the Role of ICSID Tribunals: The Shortcomings of a "Decide Everything" Approach
    1. Consent Controls: The BIT as an Agreement to Arbitrate
    2. Certainty in an Uncertain World? Choices Facing ICSID Tribunals
  6. Conclusion

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