The International Law Character of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-90-411-1067-1
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 448 Seiten, GB, Gewicht: 871 g

Reihe: Developments in International Law

Determining whether the Iran-US Claims Tribunal is a truly public international tribunal is not merely an interesting theoretical exercise. The Tribunal's legal character has significant ramifications, for example on enforceability at the international level, the applicability and scope of res judicata regarding dismissed claims, and the evidentiary value of its jurisprudence, particularly pursuant to Article 38(1) of the ICJ statute.

This title explores the legal character of the Tribunal and its status under the law of peaceful settlement of international disputes.

The public or private nature of the Tribunal is a matter of significant controversy. Certain peculiarities of the Tribunal, namely its accessibility to private claimants, the exclusion of the exhaustion of local remedy rule, and the regime provided for the execution of its awards suggests that it is not, in fact, wholly public.

Conversely, the author analyses the Tribunal under a three-part test for public international character--

(1) international treaty as origin

(2) applicable law international in nature

(3) controlling parties subject to international law

--and finds that it meets all three criteria. In doing so, the author admittedly counters the apparent position of the Tribunal itself that its nature is a hybrid of both public and private elements.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mohebi, Mohsen

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Zivilprozess- und Schiedsverfahrensrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations. Table of Cases. Part One: International Tribunals. 1. Historical Background of the International Tribunals. 2. The Criteria of International Tribunals. Part Two: Iran-United States Claims Tribunal as an Example of International Tribunal. 1. The Background of the Tribunal. 2. Application of the Criteria for International Tribunals to the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal. Part Three: An Example of Applying International Law by the Tribunal: The Tribunal Practice in Expropriation Cases. 1. The Legal Rules of Expropriation in International Law. 2. What Constitutes Taking? 3. The Compensation for Expropriated Property. Part Four: General Conclusion. 1. The Tribunal at Organizational Level. 2. The Tribunal at Functional Level. 3. Controversies Against International Character of the Tribunal. Selected Bibliography.