Good Faith

An ICSID Convention Requirement?

  • Professor Bruno Zeller University of Western Australia
  • Richard Lightfoot
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15209/vulj.v8i1.1139

Abstract

Investment disputes between investors and a state are settled by the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States. The Convention however has not included a mandate that disputes must be settled by applying the principle of good faith. This paper suggests that good faith is till applicable as it is a universal principle and can be invoked via the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

Published
2018-12-31
How to Cite
ZellerB. and LightfootR. (2018) “Good Faith: An ICSID Convention Requirement?”, Victoria University Law and Justice Journal. Melbourne, Australia, 8(1), pp. 19–32. doi: 10.15209/vulj.v8i1.1139.
Issue
Vol 8 No 1 (2018)
Section
Article

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