TY - BOOK AU - Trinh Hai Yen, TI - The interpretation of investment treaties T2 - International litigation in practice SN - 9789004274549 AV - KNC747 .T75 2014 U1 - 346/.092 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill Nijhoff KW - ASEAN KW - Investments, Foreign KW - Law and legislation KW - Southeast Asia KW - International arbitration KW - Commercial treaties KW - Interpretation and construction KW - ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement N1 - Based on author's thesis (doctoral - National University of Singapore), 2013; Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Interpretive Problems of Traditional Investment Treaties and the Inconclusive Search For Causes and Solutions -- The Neglect and Misapplication of International Rules on Treaty Interpretation in Investment Treaty Arbitrations -- Rectifying the Neglect and Misapplication of International Rules on Treaty Interpretation -- A Preliminary Search for State Intent in the Emergence and Development of Investment Treaties -- Law-Making Options to Address the Interpretive Problems of Investment Treaties -- Controlling State Commitments in the ACIA Provisions -- Conclusion -- Appendix A Matrix of Means of Interpretation adopted by Arbitral Tribunals to Interpret Investment Treaties -- Appendix B List of Decisions and Awards Not in English -- Appendix C 2009 Asean Comprehensive Investment Agreement -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - Within the context of an exponential proliferation of investment treaties with virtually uniform language and structure, The Interpretation of Investment Treaties by Trinh Hai Yen reveals the neglect or misapplication of international rules on treaty interpretation by tribunals in arbitral cases. Such practice has raised the question of the legitimacy of the interpretative process and the engendered inconsistent interpretations of investment treaties. The book proposes three interpretative approaches aimed at ensuring that adjudicators find legitimate meaning in the challenging generality and vagueness of investment treaty language. It also provides a comprehensive analysis of legislative solutions for states through a case study of the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement, as well as a comparative analysis of modern and traditional investment treaties UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004274549 ER -