Análisis del fallo "BG Group PLC V. Republic of Argentina" dictado por la corte suprema de los Estados Unidos de América: ¿todos los caminos conducen a Roma?

Mazzuoli, Valerio de Oliveira - Alonso Massa, Diego Luis
Detalles Bibliográficos
2014
Arbitraje comercial
Derecho internacional
Derecho internacional público
Jurisprudencia
Tratados internacionales
International commercial arbitration
Investment arbitration
International treaty
Iinternational law
Transnational law
Español
Universidad de Montevideo
REDUM
http://revistas.um.edu.uy/index.php/revistaderecho/article/view/525
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1541
Acceso abierto
Atribución 4.0 Internacional
Resumen:
Sumario:The present essay aims to analyze the decision rendered by Supreme Court of the United States of America, on 5 March 2014, in re BG Group plc v. Republic of Argentina, whereby Argentina was ordered to pay the British company BG Group the amount of US$ 185,3 millon in damages as a result of Argentina’s decision to impose a freeze on gas price in 2002. This essay discusses the merits of such a decision focusing, in particular, on the fact that basic norms concerning general international law and, more specifically, the law of treaties, have not been taken into account in reaching a decision on a matter involving an investment arbitration provided for in a bilateral investment treaty. Furthermore, it seems that extremely different legal institutions, such as international contracts (in the case at hand, an internantional arbitration agreement) and international treaties have been merged into one thing by asserting that they stand on an equal footing, while in fact they are diametrically opposed.