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The Binding Effect of Arbitral Awards in International Investment Disputes
Jančová, Nicole ; Balaš, Vladimír (advisor) ; Šturma, Pavel (referee)
in English The Binding Effect of Arbitral Awards in International Investment Disputes The purpose of this thesis is to analyse binding effect an award has on parties to the dispute and most importantly on future tribunals. Further discussed is the de facto precedent and its development in international investment treaty arbitration. Theoretical research is supported by an empirical study of case law. The reason for my research is the existence of conflicting awards in international investment law which undermines legal certainty of investors and States. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part is introductory and concerns with the general characteristics of international investment dispute. This part describes the system of bilateral treaties for the reciprocal encouragement of investment and the dispute mechanism in which investors are left with a choice before which body the dispute will be heard. The chapter then distinguishes two different perceptions of tribunals: the principal-agent relationship where tribunal acts only as an agent of parties to the dispute independent of other tribunals; and tribunal as an agent of parties and also agent of the whole investment community. The second chapter focuses on the binding nature of an award. It looks at the wording of ICSID Convention...

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