Dr. Martin
Jarrett
Senior Research Fellow
jarrett@mpil.de
Tel. +49 (6221) 482-633
Main Fields of Research:
General International Law (causation and role of domestic law); International Public Law (adjudication of investor-state disputes); and International Investment Law (investor misconduct and role of human rights)
Academic Career:
Employed Positions:
Since Jan. 2020: Senior Research Fellow MPIL
Aug. 2018 - Dec. 2019: Senior Lecturer, University of Mannheim
Jul. 2012 - Jul. 2018: Lecturer, University of Mannheim
Research Stays:
Dec. - Mar. 2019: Visiting Researcher, University of Sydney
Aug. - Sep. 2018: Visiting Researcher, University of Helsinki
Jul. - Aug. 2018: Visiting Researcher, George Washington University
Jul. - Aug. 2017: Visiting Researcher, University of Sydney
Professional Qualification:
Solicitor and Barrister (New South Wales, Australia) (not active)
Recent Publications
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Contributory Fault and Investor Misconduct in Investment Arbitration.
Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge, 2019, 182 p.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/con...
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“In Accordance with Host State Law”-Clauses, Inherent Legality, and Good Faith Requirements. In: Investment Protection Standards and the Rule of Law,
August Reinisch,
Stephan Schill (eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2021, forthcoming.
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Extricating the Illegality Element from Judicial Expropriation. In: Global Values and International Trade Law. Routledge Publishing, New York 2020, forthcoming.
http://www.glawcal.org.uk/research/globa...
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Reprisals Against Illegal Investments. In: Investors' International Law,
Jean Ho,
Mavluda Sattorova (eds.). Hart Publishing, Oxford 2020, forthcoming.
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A New Energy Charter Treaty for the Clean Energy Future. In: The Global Energy Transition: Law, Policy and Economics for Energy in the 21st Century,
Peter Cameron,
Volker Roeben,
Shawn Mu (eds.). Hart Publishing, Oxford 2020, forthcoming.
https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/u...
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Contributory Fault in Foreign Investment Law. In: Versicherungsmechanismen im Recht,
Caspar Behme,
Martin Fries,
Johanna Stark (eds.). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2016,
45-70.
https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/versich...
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Legally Protecting Upstream Investments.
In: University of Eastern Finland Energy Law Review 1, 50-79 (2016).
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Optional Dispute Resolution Clauses and Conditional Arbitration Agreements.
In: Asian International Arbitration Journal 9, 39-53 (2013).
https://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract...
Blogposts
Presentations
29 Feb 2020
The Challenges of Creating a Doctrine of Precedent for International Investment Law
Conference: South Asia in the Era of International Courts and Tribunals
South Asian University, New Delhi, India
29 Jan 2020
Overcoming the Challenges of Embedding Counterclaims into the Framework of International Investment Law
Workshop: Trade and Investment Law Timeout Session
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra, Australia
24 Oct 2019
Imposing Directive-Based Human Rights Obligations on Investors in International Investment Law
Conference: Socially Responsible Foreign Investment under International Law
Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal
15 Sep 2019
Shaping the Multilateral Investment Court System into the Chinese Mould
Conference: Multilateral Reform of Investor-State Dispute Resolution: A Dialogue among Different Approaches
The Silk Road Institute for International and Comparative Law, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
http://event.icrp.xjtu.edu.cn/103091608/index?pageId=103091665
12 Sep 2019
Ensuring the Fairness of Investor Obligations
Workshop: 2019 ESIL International Business and Human Rights Workshop
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
19 Jul 2019
The Validity of Investor Obligations in Investment Treaties
Conference: Fourth African International Economic Law Network Biennial Conference
Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya
20 Jun 2019
Fighting Corruption via Effective Transparency Obligations and Civil Participation in Investment Treaties
Workshop: Corruption Democracy and Human Rights: Exploring New Avenues in the Fight Against Corruption
European University Institute, Florence, Italy
16 May 2019
A Theory of Causation for International Investment Law
Workshop: ESIL-ELTE Law School Joint Workshop on 'Attribution, causality and evidentiary rules: Mere technicalities or the heart of the matter? Secondary rules of primary importance'.
Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
07 May 2019
The Reactionary Police Powers Defence
Conference: 12th Annual McGill Graduate Law Conference
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
02 May 2019
The Eastern Shift in International Investment Law
Workshop: 2019 CIBEL Global Network Young Scholars Workshop
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
22 Feb 2019
State Responsibility for the MH17 Incident
Conference: 2019 SCIL ‘Year in Review’
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
15 Feb 2019
Reimaging Expropriation in International Investment Law
Workshop: ANZSIL International Economic Law Interest Group 2019 Workshop
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
13 Dec 2018
The Defence of Mismanagement in International Investment Law
Presentation for the monthly academic staff meeting of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
03 Dec 2018
“In Accordance with Host State Law”-Clauses, Inherent Legality, and Good Faith Requirements
Workshop: ‘Investment Protection Standards and the Rule of Law’ (an event organised by the International Law Association’s Committee ‘Rule of Law and International Investment Law’)
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
04 May 2018
Rethinking Expropriation of Intellectual Property Investments
Conference: Free Trade, Public Interest and Reality: New Generation Free Trade Agreements and National Regulatory Sovereignty
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
20 Apr 2018
Environmental Warning Labels: the Perspective from International Investment Law
Conference: Contemporary Challenges to International Law and Policy on Sustainable Development, Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Protection, Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer
Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
08 Aug 2017
An Overview of Contributory Fault Defences in International Investment Law
Workshop dedicated to topic
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
29 Jan 2016
Intellectual Property Investments and the Locality Condition for Jurisdiction
Conference: 2nd Kobe Seminar on International Investment Law 2016
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
13 Nov 2015
Causation, Expropriation, and Taxation
Conference: ‘Settlement of Tax Disputes Under International Law’
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
08 May 2015
Contributory Fault in Foreign Investment Law
Workshop: Versicherungsmechanismen im Recht
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
26 Feb 2015
Expropriation of Upstream Assets
Conference: Energy Transitions
University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
Teaching
Sep. - Dec. 2019
Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Mannheim
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Sep. - Dec. 2019
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Feb. 2019
Faculty of Law,
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Sep. - Dec. 2018
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Sep. - Dec. 2018
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Sep. - Dec. 2018
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Feb. - Jun. 2018
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Sep. - Dec. 2017
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Sep. - Dec. 2017
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Feb. - Jun. 2017
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Sep. - Dec. 2016
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Feb. - Jun. 2016
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Sep. - Dec. 2015
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Feb. - Jun. 2015
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Sep. - Dec. 2014
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Feb. - Jun. 2014
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Feb. - Jun. 2014
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Nov. 2013
The School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics,
International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Sep. - Dec. 2013
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Feb. - Jun. 2013
Faculty of Law and Economics,
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Participation in Conferences at Home and Abroad
Resumed 38th Session, UNCITRAL Working Group III: Investor-State DIspute Settlement Reform, Vienna International Centre, 20.01.2020 - 24.01.2020
Memberships
Miscellaneous
Research Featuring in Mass Media:
Standing Up to Investor Misconduct (10 October 2019).
• Source: Radio Regenbogen (link to interview)
• Description: radio interview for the programme 'Campus-Report' on sanctioning investor misconduct under international law and the desirability of an international court for investor-state disputes.
'It was hard to look at their faces': MH17 victim's mother welcomes charges (20 June 2019).
• Source: Sydney Morning Herald (link to story)
• Description: advised journalist on the options for seeking to hold Russia to account for the downing of MH17 under international law.
