NAFTA Chapter Eleven Reports: Primary materials

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Charles H. Brower, Jack J. Coe, William S. Dodge
Kluwer Law International B.V., 2006 M01 1 - 718 pages
Here is the introductory volume to Kluwer's NAFTA Chapter Eleven Reports, an ongoing, comprehensive, and regularly augmented collection of full-text awards and other important decisions issued under the Agreements investor-state arbitration provisions. The texts in the series are supplemented with expert synopses that offer a unique guide to emerging jurisprudence in the field. This initial volume collects and thoroughly indexes selected primary documents essential to a full understanding of the adjudications contained in subsequent volumes. It is designed to be a convenient, stand-alone reference valuable in connection with investor-state arbitrations of all kinds. Among the documents compiled are treaties, arbitration rules, and other legal texts relied upon by arbitrators and parties. The work orders the documents in a logical, user-friendly manner, and includes a detailed index and a full bibliography. The editors of this and subsequent volumes are recognized academics who regularly consult and publish on the investor-state arbitration field. This volume is sure to take is place among the most essential resources not only of NAFTA specialists, but of all practitioners and academics in the field of investor-state arbitration.

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Contents

North American Free Trade Agreement Between
3
NAFTA Annex I and Schedules
55
NAFTA Annexes II III IV and Schedules
111
Document 4 NAFTA Free Trade Commission FTC Notes
137
North American Agreement on Environmental
147
Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes
179
Jurisdiction of the Centre
186
Conciliation
187
UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976
333
UNCITRAL Recommendations to Assist Arbitral
351
UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral
361
Proceedings and Annotations
367
IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International
385
NAFTA Implementation
399
NAFTA Canadian Statement on Implementation
407
Consent Submission Not Consent Agency of
421

Arbitration
189
Replacement and Disqualification of Conciliators and Arbitrators
194
Cost of Proceedings
195
Disputes between Contracting States
196
Bank for Reconstruction and Development on
199
Introductory Material
200
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
202
Jurisdiction of the Centre
204
Proceedings under the Convention
207
Place of Proceedings
209
InterAmerican Convention on International Commercial Arbitration 1975 Panama Convention
211
Preamble
212
Postponement of Execution
213
Entry into Force
214
Convention on the Recognition and the Enforcement
217
Miscellaneous
223
Document 11
253
Content of the International Responsibility of a State
261
Document 12
269
ICSID Administrative and Financial Regulations
273
Document 14
287
Document 15
307
NAFTA Implementation Act and Related Executive
429
Implementation Act Statement of Administrative Action Excerpts
453
The Tucker
483
Document 28
497
Act
515
Ontario International Commercial Arbitration
535
Part
539
Document 31
541
Document 32
551
Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunal
557
Setting Aside of the Award
563
Document 33
567
Document 34
577
UNCITRAL Model Law on International
579
Document 36
593
Document 37
611
Application
660
DocumentSpecific Bibliography
671
Document 38
683
Index
701
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