Posted 7/24/09
CALL FOR PAPERS
INVESTMENT TREATY LAW AND ARBITRATION: EVOLUTION AND
REVOLUTION IN SUBSTANCE AND PROCEDURE
19-20 February 2010
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Professor Philippe Sands Qc, University College London
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS:
Professor M Sornarajah, National University of Singapore;
Sir Franklin Berman Qc, Essex Court Chambers, London
(provisional acceptance)
CONFERENCE THEME:
This conference explores some of the most controversial
issues in contemporary investment treaty law and
arbitration discourse and practice. A global web of
investment treaties has emerged, free trade agreements
increasingly contain investment protection provisions, and
investor-state arbitration is now well-established on the
international plane as a significant dispute resolution
mechanism. These developments are, however, impacting on a
wide range of non-investment areas and politico-legal
issues. The conference will explore these impacts,
emerging issues in the nature of investment treaties,
evolving jurisprudential trends, and potential changes in
future direction for investment law and arbitration.
Structurally, the conference will have two streams - one
addressing the way in which developments in investment
agreements and investment treaty arbitration are impacting
on the substantive principles of international investment
law, and one addressing emerging procedural issues. There
will also be two further streams of cross-cutting issues -
one addressing the interaction between investment
arbitration and 'commercially-oriented' areas such as
international commercial arbitration, WTO law, or
international tax treaty dispute resolution; and one
addressing the interaction between foreign investment law
and policy with issues relating to the environment,
development, human rights, and the Asia-Pacific.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Paper proposals are sought from both established and early-
career researchers and practitioners, incorporating
insights from a variety of disciplines. They must be
submitted by 31 August 2009 to:
CONTACT: Kate Miles
Faculty of Law
University of Sydney
Email: MAILTO:k.miles@usyd.edu.au
Proposals should include the author's name, institutional
affiliation, full contact information, and an abstract of
no more than 400 words. Please also include a short CV of
the author.
Decisions on inclusion in the conference programme will be
sent by 30 September 2009. Selected speakers will be
expected to submit draft papers of 5,000-7,000 words by 1
February 2010. These draft papers will be made available
to all conference participants to facilitate discussion.
It is expected that post-conference publication will
include an edited volume with an international publisher.
FURTHER SPONSORS:
- University of Sydney Institute of Social Sciences - 'New
Capacity' Development Program
- Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial, Corporate and
Taxation Law
- Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL)
- Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of
Sydney (CAPLUS)