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Patrick Dumberry provides a comprehensive analysis of the rules of customary international law in the field of international investment law.
List of contents
Introduction; 1. The concept of customary international law; 2. Dancing with the sources: the fascinating story of the relative importance of custom and treaties at different times in the evolution of international investment law; 3. State practice; 4. Opinio juris; 5. The fundamental importance of customary rules in international investment law; General conclusion.
About the author
Patrick Dumberry is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section), University of Ottawa. From 1998 to 2009, he practiced international law and investor-state arbitration at law firms in Geneva (Lenz and Staehelin, and Lalive) and Montreal (Norton Rose Fulbright), as well as at Canada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Trade Law Bureau). He completed his Ph.D. in international law at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2006. He is the author of more than fifty publications in the fields of international investment law and international law, including State Succession to International Responsibility (2007) and The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard: A Guide to NAFTA Case Law on Article 1105 (2013).
Summary
Rules of customary international law provide basic legal protections to foreign investors. This book analyses how they are created and how they can be identified. Offering guidance to actors called upon to apply such rules in concrete cases, this work is of significant importance to those involved in investment arbitration.
