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23321-01 - Lecture: International Investment Law 6 CP

Semester fall semester 2021
Course frequency Every fall sem.
Lecturers Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer (k.nadakavukaren@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Content This course examines the international regulation of investment protection. The foreign investor faces specific problems due to the long-term nature of its involvement in the economy of a different government. We will see how these specific problems were addressed in history before turning to the current legal framework. Our focus, however, will be on today's increasingly complex system of investment treaties and customary law relating to how a government must or must not treat foreign property-owners in their territory.
Learning objectives Students should be able to:
- recount the historical development of investment protection
- explain the need for international minimum standards of investment protection
- identify the jurisdictional requirements for starting investor-State dispute settlement proceedings
- discuss the legal elements of expropriation and point out the differences between legal/illegal and direct/indirect expropriations
- make a convincing argument on when the fair and equitable treatment standard would be appropriately applied
- explain the other standards of investment protection
- identify weaknesses in the international system of investment protection
- discuss the differences in investment insurance schemes
Bibliography Besides the materials that will be posted on the internet for downloading, the students must access one textbook:
Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, International Investment Law, 3d edition (Edward Elgar, 2020).

One copy is available in the Jus-Bibliothek. The book is also available for purchase online (Amazon.de or e-elgar.com)

 

Admission requirements proficiency in English is required
Language of instruction English
Use of digital media No specific media used
Course auditors welcome

 

Interval Weekday Time Room
wöchentlich Monday 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Comments Die Veranstaltung wird im HS 2021 voraussichtlich als hybride Veranstaltung (Teilpräsenz und gleichzeitige Übertragung via Zoom) angeboten.

Dates

Date Time Room
Monday 20.09.2021 12.30-14.00 --, --
Monday 27.09.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Monday 04.10.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Monday 18.10.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Monday 25.10.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Monday 01.11.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Monday 08.11.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S10 HG.45
Monday 15.11.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Monday 22.11.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Seminarraum S10 HG.45
Monday 29.11.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Monday 06.12.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Monday 13.12.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Monday 20.12.2021 12.30-14.00 Juristische Fakultät, Sitzungszimmer S1 HG.31
Modules Specialization Module: International (Start of studies before 01.02.2021) (Master's Studies: Business Law)
Specialization module: International Law (Master's Studies: Law (bilingue))
Specialization module: International Law (Master's Studies: Law)
Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Handel und Unternehmen in der Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies)
Wahlbereich Master Rechtswissenschaft (EUCOR): Empfehlungen (Master's Studies: Law (Eucor))
Assessment format lecture examination
Assessment details there will be an oral exam at the end of the semester; the level of class preparation will also be taken into account in the final grade
Assessment registration/deregistration Registration: course registration
Repeat examination no repeat examination
Scale 1-6 0,01
Repeated registration one repetition
Responsible faculty Faculty of Law, studiendekanat-ius@unibas.ch
Offered by Fachbereich Öffentliches Recht

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