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Umbrella Clauses

Umbrella Clauses is a type of substantive provision in international investment agreements that obliges the host State to observe any obligations it has entered into with respect to covered investments, thereby bringing breaches of those obligations within the protective scope and dispute-settlement mechanisms of the treaty.

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2017–2026

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Treaty and Contract in Investment Arbitration

James Crawford · Arbitration International · 2008 · 272 citations

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The Origins of the Umbrella Clause in the International Law of Investment Protection

A. C. Sinclair · Arbitration International · 2004 · 227 citations

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An Overview of the NAFTA Investment Chapter: Substantive Rules and Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Daniel M. Price · SMU Scholar (Southern Methodist University) · 1993 · 129 citations · Full text

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Umbrella Clauses in Bilateral Investment Treaties: Of Breaches of Contract, Treaty Violations, and the Divide Between Developing and Developed Countries in Foreign Investment Disputes

Jarrod Wong · Scholarly Commons (University of the Pacific) · 2006 · 94 citations · Full text

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Investment Protection under Bilateral Investment Treaties and Investment Contracts

Piero Bernardini · The Journal of World Investment & Trade · 2001 · 87 citations

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Authors

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  1. TW
    T.W. Wälde

    University of Dundee, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 95 citations

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  2. SM
    Stefanos Mouzas

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 119 citations

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  3. FP
    Facundo Pérez-Aznar

    United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Switzerland

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  4. AT
    Attila Tanzi

    University of Bologna, Italy

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  5. JH
    Jean-Christophe Honlet

    American Arbitration Association, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    255 citations

  2. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    119 citations

  3. Kyoto International University

    Kyoto, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  4. Singapore Management University

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    50 citations

  5. Apple (Israel)

    Herzliya, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    73 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  7. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  8. Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation

    Moscow, Russia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

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  1. Arbitration International

    6 publications · 650 citations

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  2. The Journal of World Investment & Trade

    5 publications · 211 citations

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  3. TDM

    4 publications · 102 citations

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  4. ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal

    2 publications · 31 citations

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