A LIBER AMICORUM: Thomas Walde - Law Beyond Conventional Thought
Edited by Jaques Werner and Arif Hyder Ali
Thomas Wälde (1949-2008) was a recognized leader and innovator in the fields of international law, international dispute resolution, and in particular, international oil and mineral investment dispute resolution. Under his leadership the Center for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law (CEPMIP) became the leader in the education and training of new leaders in these fields. He was an innovator; educator and intellect who challenged colleagues, students and opposing counsel alike think and act beyond convention when necessary to arrive at solutions and resolutions to evolving issues in international law and dispute resolution.
This volume, written in memoriam of Thomas Wälde contains analysis of issues and trends in international law and dispute resolution ranging from oil and mineral investment treaties to copyright issues raised by development of the internet search industry. The chapters were authored by contemporaries, colleagues, his wife, and former students and provide insights to Thomas Wälde, the man. Twenty Chapters including nine chapters dealing with evolving issues & practices in international investment treaties, dispute resolution and dispute prevention; five chapters dealing with issues in international energy and mineral investment and development, and, two chapters to remembrances of Thomas Walde.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword - Jacques Werner & Arif Hyder Ali
Search Engines, Copyright and Innovative Business Models: How Google Sought to Monopolize/Free [Delete as Appropriate] the Printed Word - Charlotte Wälde
Legal Issues of Opec Production Management Practices and the Law: An Overview - Melaku G. Desta
Dispute Prevention and Dispute Settlement: Reflections on Discussions With Thomas Wälde - Hew R. Dundas
The Wisdom of International Commercial Mediation and Conciliation - William F. Fox
Going to Pieces without Falling Apart: Wälde’s Defence of ‘Specialisation’ in the Interpretation of Investment Treaties - John P. Gaffney
Investment Treaties and Domestic Courts: A Transactional Mosaic Reviving Thomas Wälde’s Legacy - Walid Ben Hamida
The Changing Face of Political Risk in the Energy Industry - Mirian Kene Kachikwu
Fat Cats and ‘Windfall’ Taxes in the Natural Resources Industry: Legal and Political Analysis in the light of Modern Investment Treaties - Abba Kolo
Professor Thomas Wälde: In Memoriam of the Friend - Andrey Konoplyanik
Global Financial Crisis to Put The PSA Regime in Russia Back on the Agenda - Andrey Konoplyanik
Interpretation in International Investment Arbitration – Through the Looking Glass - Ian Laird
Thomas on the Formation of International Arbitral Tribunals: ‘The Conversation’ - Michael McIlwrath
Bifurcation of Title in International Oil & Gas Agreements - A. Timothy Martin
Investment Claims and Arbitrator Comportment - William Park
A United Nations’ Liaison Hub and Ombudsoffice in International Economic Relations: A Proposal - Chitra Radhakishun
Courts and Arbitration: Forming Choices for Young Lawyers - Klaus Reichert
Investment Treaties and the Russian Bear: Baiting the Bear? - Noah Rubins & Azizjon Nazarov
Moral Damages in International Investment Law: Some Preliminary Thoughts in the Aftermath of Desert Line v Yemen
Borzu Sabahi
At What Time Must Legitimate Expectations Exist? - Christoph Schreuer & Ursula Kriebaum
Unlawful or Bad Faith Conduct as a Bar to Claims in Investment Arbitration - Abby Cohen Smutny & Petr Polášek
Remembrances
ISBN: 978-1-907174-01-8
• Hardback • 2010 •
£60.00/US$108.00