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24 Mich. J. Int'l L. 893 (2002-2003)
Inordinate Chill: Bits, Non-NAFTA Mits, and Host-State Regulatory Freedom - An Indonesian Case Study

handle is hein.journals/mjil24 and id is 909 raw text is: STUDENT NOTE INORDINATE CHILL: BITS, NON-NAFTA MITS, AND HOST-STATE REGULATORY FREEDOM- AN INDONESIAN CASE STUDY Stuart G. Gross* IN TRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 894 I. THE INDONESIAN ENVIRONMENT ............................................. 902 A. Environmental and Social Concerns .................................. 903 B . Forestry Law ...................................................................... 904 C. Mining and Investment Law ............................................... 906 II. THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ....................................... 909 A . Controlling Purpose .......................................................... 909 1. Scope of the Agreements ............................................. 912 2. T he Pream bles ............................................................. 914 III. JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES -RATIONE MATERIAE AND RA TIONE PERSONAE ........................................................... 916 A . R atione Personae ............................................................... 918 1. Investor Qualification .................................................. 918 B . Ratione M ateriae ............................................................... 921 1. Investment Qualification ............................................. 921 2. Qualification of the Dispute ........................................ 929 C. The G OI's Consent ............................................................ 930 1. A us-Indo B IT .............................................................. 931 2. A SEA N M IT ............................................................... 932 3. U K -Indo B IT ............................................................... 933 IV. ADJUDICATION ON THE MERITS ............................................... 933 A. Fair and Equitable Treatment ............................................ 934 1. T he Standard ............................................................... 935 2. C ases A pplying It ........................................................ 937 3. Application to Our Facts ............................................. 940 B. Indirect Expropriation ....................................................... 941 1. A Right to Expropriate ................................................ 943 2. Equivalent: equal in quantity, value, force, m eaning, etc............................................................... 947 3. No Transfer of Benefits ............................................... 952 V. CONCLUSION-FINAL PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS ......................... 954 * J.D., University of Michigan Law School, expected 2004; M.A., University of Michigan Center for Southeast Asian Studies, expected 2004. The author would like to thank the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), particularly Owen Lynch, Daniel Magraw, and Steve Porter; Professor Robert Howse and Professor Joel Samuels at the Univer- sity of Michigan Law School; his editors, Cat Blanchet and Emily Dawson at the Michigan Journal of International Law; Jaringan Advokasi Tambang (JATAM), particularly Tracy Glynn; Professor Gary Bell; Former Secretary General Robert Thompson. The author would like to thank his entire family for their unflagging support.

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