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Cofola International 2021. International and National Arbitration – Challenges and Trends of the Present and Future

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(Un)Clean Hands in International Investment Arbitration: Some Cleaning Required?

Igor Hron

Rok vydání: 2021

https://doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-8639-2021-8

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Abstrakt

The aim of the paper is to examine the so-called doctrine of clean hands frequently utilized as a defence in Investor-State arbitration procedures under international investment agreements in cases, where the law of the host State has been violated. The paper thus provides a historical and comparative context of the doctrine at hand stemming from the common law tradition. Furthermore, it scrutinizes the status of the doctrine under contemporary international law by analysing the scholar views, as well as the jurisprudence of international bodies.

Klíčová slova

Clean Hands Doctrine; General Principles of Law; Investment Arbitration; Comparative Law.

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