Esphahanian, Claimantv. Bank Tejarat, Respondent

Abstract

International law in general — Sources — Decisions of international tribunals — Writings of legal scholars — Claim under Iran-United States Algiers Declarations, 1981 — The law and practice of the Iran- United States Claims Tribunal

Disputes — Arbitration — In general — Conception and function of arbitration — Iran- United States Claims Tribunal — Function of Scope of responsibility — Whether a substitute for the national courts — The law and practice of the Iran- United States Claims Tribunal

Disputes — Arbitration — In general — The law applied by arbitral tribunals — Iran- United States Algiers Declarations, 1981 — Jurisdiction over claims by dual nationals — Hague Convention on Certain Questions Relating to the Conflict of Nationality Laws, 1930 — Decisions of international tribunals — The law and practice of the Iran- United States Claims Tribunal

Disputes — Arbitration — Procedure — Competence — Iran- United States Algiers Declarations, 1981 — Jurisdiction over claim by dual national — The law and practice of the Iran- United States Claims Tribunal

The individual in international law — Nationality — Double nationality — Principle of dominant and effective nationality — Recognition of nationality — Hague Convention on Certain Questions Relating to the Conflict of Nationality Laws, 1930 — Articles 4 and 5 — Principle of non — responsibility — Whether limited by principle of effective nationality — Examination of decisions of international tribunals and writings of legal scholars — Iran-United States Algiers Declarations, 1981 — General structure and circumstances of conclusion — Iran-United States Claims Tribunal — Function of — Scope of responsibility — The law and practice of the Iran- United States Claims Tribunal