The workshop aims to gather scholars and practitioners interested in exploring – theoretically, doctrinally, empirically, comparatively, critically, and otherwise – the nature of international investment contracts in different contexts and its implications for elaborating transnational standards.
Background
While having commenced its recent work on guidance to foster the modernisation and standardisation of international investment contracts, The International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) has not (yet?) defined such contracts. This reluctance, or more precise caution, to start with the definition is not random. International investment contracts may have many definitions, so any conceptual discussions may raise numerous debates that might be counterproductive for the initial efforts on harmonisation and cause delays.
Call for paper
Timeline
- 30 March 2024 – deadline for submitting abstracts, up to 300 words
- 1 April 2024 – confirmation
- 30 August 2024 – submission of the first extended draft of 3000-4000 words
- Publication: Selected contributions will be considered for a special issue.
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