energy – 2015

COURSE MATERIAL FOR THE 2015 THESSALONIKI SUMMER COURSE

  • Anastasia Strati (Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – International Energy Law and Law of the Sea
  1. Analytical Plan and Suggested Bibliography
  • Catherine Redgwell (University of Oxford) – Introduction to International Energy Law
  1. Outline and General Bibliography
  2. Fatouros – An International Legal Framework for Energy
  3. Talus – Internationalization of Energy Law
  4. Vinuales – Vers un droit international de l’énergie (not part of the exam material)
  5. Bradbrook – Energy Law as an Academic Discipline
  6. Wälde – Why OGEL?
  7. Schill – The Interface between National and International Energy Law
  8. Powerpoint – Lecture 1
  9. Powerpoint – Lectures 2-4
  10. Redgwell – International Regulation of Energy Activities (Draft)
  • August Reinisch (University of Vienna) – International Energy Law and Issues of International Investment Law
  1. Reinisch – EU Model BIT
  2. Börner – Investment Law and Energy
  3. Powerpoint Presentation 1: Expropriation
  4. Powerpoint Presentation 2: Fair and equitable treatment
  5. Powerpoint Presentation 3: Non-discrimination clause
  • Danae Azaria (University College London) – Energy and the Environment in International Law
  1. Outline
  2. Reading List and Hand-out
  3. Azaria – Treaties on Transit of Energy via Pipelines and Countermeasures (Chapter 1)
  4. Birnie, Boyle & Redgwell – International Law and the Environment (pp. 137-150, 198-203)
  5. Redgwell – Pipeline Projects: Human Rights and Environmental Protection
  6. Koivura & Pölönen – Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in the Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline
  7. Lowe – Sustainable Development and Unsustainable Arguments
  8. Redgwell – International Energy Law (pp. 65-84)
  9. Redgwell – International Energy Law (pp. 113-116)
  10. Sands & Peel – Principles of International Environmental Law (pp. 13-15)
  11. Sands & Peel – Principles of International Environmental Law (pp. 206-217)
  12. Schrijver – Sovereignty over Natural Resources as a Basis for Sustainable Development
  13. Schrijver – Permanent Sovereignty, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development
  14. Scott – Offshore Windmills
  15. Shine – Environmental Protection under the Energy Charter Treaty
  16. Azaria – Treaties on Transit of Energy via Pipelines and Countermeasures (Discount Flyer)
  17. Links to Dr Azaria’s powerpoint presentations
  • Andrea Bjorklund (McGill University) – The Intersection of Arbitration and International Energy Disputes
  1. Syllabus
  2. Compilation of readings (Part 1)
  3. Compilation of readings (Part 2)
  4. Abdala – Key Damage Compensation Issues in Oil and Gas International Arbitrations
  5. Blyschak – Arbitrating Overseas Oil & Gas Disputes
  6. Cabrera – Law and Arbitration of Oil and Gas Disputes
  7. Energy Charter Treaty
  8. Haigh – Unique Issues in Oil and Gas Contractual Disputes
  9. Mildon – Unique Issues in Oil and Gas Disputes
  10. Powerpoint presentation 1
  11. Powerpoint presentation 2
  • Andreas Zeigler (University of Lausanne) – International Energy Law and Issues of International Trade Law
  1. Syllabus
  2. List of readings
  3. Energy and Trade – Powerpoint presentation
  4. Recommended international instruments and case-law
    • WTO, Understanding the WTO, available on the WTO home page for free online at: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/tif_e.htm
    • Case summaries of the following cases available on the WTO home page for free online at:
      • DS412 Canada — Certain Measures Affecting the Renewable Energy Generation Sector (Complainant: Japan)
      • DS419 China — Measures concerning wind power equipment (Complainant: United States)
      • DS426 Canada — Measures Relating to the Feed-in Tariff Program (Complainant: European Union)
      • DS449 United States — Countervailing and Anti-dumping Measures on Certain Products from China (Complainant: China)
      • DS473 European Union — Anti-Dumping Measures on Biodiesel from Argentina (Complainant: Argentina)
  • Alexandra Sdoukou (Ministry of Reconstruction of Production, Environment & Energy) – Energy Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Exploration of Greek Hydrocarbons
  1. List of Readings
  2. Uribe – Energizing Europe
  3. Tienhaara – Foreign Investment Contracts in the Oil & Gas Sector
  4. Strong – Oil & Gas Law Review (Greece)
  5. Eljuri&Trevino – Venezuela’s Partial Nationalisation of the Oilfield Services Sector
  6. Model Lease Agreement (November 2014)
  7. Powerpoint presentation
  •  Emmanouil Karagianis (King’s College) – EU Energy Law & Policy
  1. Reading Material