Petroleum Contracts And International Law Hardcover

Rudolf Dolzer

This book addresses aspects of international law relating to petroleum contracts, examining oil and gas agreements between states and private companies and their intersection with rules of international law. It provides detailed and insightful coverage of the current practice as well as commentary and analysis based on the authors' extensive experience. The book covers topics such as the nature of international petroleum contracts, petroleum agreements as state contracts, issues of contract stability, the development of bilateral investment treaties, natural resource cycles, political risks and the specific petroleum policies of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund and the International Development Association. This is a timely and comprehensive book on this important area of law.

English

Oxford University Press

13 December 2018

336

Professor Rudolf Dolzer is a Barrister at McNair Chambers, specialising in energy matters, commercial international arbitration, international investment law, and oil and gas. He is former Director of the Institute of International Law, University of Bonn, Germany, former Director General of the Office of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.