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Ksenofontov, K.E. Law applicable to the issues of expropriation of foreign investments in the practice of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes

Abstract: The disputes regarding forceful seizure of property of a foreign investor serves as bases for many claims in the ICSID, and they form a signifi cant share among the existing disputes arising from the international investment relations. When dealing with these issues the international arbitration inevitable face the questions of applicable material law. The Washington Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States provides relevant norms, however, in spite of clarity of their formulation, the practice of ICSID involves various issues regarding applicable law. The said article involves analysis of the value of the provisions of the Washington Convention in the applicable law, singling out the main confl ict of laws ties and specifi cally stressing the defi ning role of autonomy of will of the parties. The article provides a detailed analysis of the topical issue regarding correlation between the international law and national legislation as sources of material law regulating the issues of regulation of investments. Based upon the analysis of the normative basis and doctrine the author draws a conclusion on the priority of the national legal system of the state, where the investment of capital takes place, as law applicable to the investment expropriation, stressing special role of international legal norms.


Keywords:

Foreign investments, expropriation, nationalization, forceful seizure of investments, international investment arbitration, ICSID, applicable law, confl ict of laws norms, investment protection, autonomy of will of the parties.


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