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Associate Professor Chester Brown

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Degrees

BA (Hons) Melb; LLB (Hons) Melb, BCL (Dist) Oxon; PhD Cantab


Courses Taught

  • International Law
  • Advanced Public International Law
  • International Dispute Settlement: Principles
  • International Commercial Arbitration


Areas of Interest

  • Public international law
  • International dispute settlement
  • International arbitration
  • International investment law
  • Private international law
  • International environmental law


Brief Biographical Detail

Dr Chester Brown is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, where he is a Programme Coordinator for the Master of International Law. His research interests are public international law, international dispute settlement, international arbitration, international investment law, and private international law.

Dr Brown previously served as Assistant Legal Adviser at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. During his time at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, he advised on a range of public international law issues, including international investment, State and diplomatic immunities, international arbitration, and the work of the International Law Commission. He participated in the negotiation of bilateral investment treaties, and was a member of the United Kingdom delegation to various multilateral fora, including the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law, the European Union’s ‘Comité Juridique’, the OECD Investment Committee, and the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. He was also involved in international, foreign and domestic litigation.

Prior to this, Dr Brown was a Senior Associate in the International Law and International Arbitration Group of Clifford Chance LLP, London. In this capacity, he acted in, and advised on, commercial and investment treaty claims governed by the UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, LCIA, and AAA/ICDR Arbitration Rules. He has also previously served as Part-time Lecturer in International Law at Queen Mary College, University of London, and as a College Supervisor in International Law at Trinity Hall and at Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge. Dr Brown has held a Visiting Fellowship at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and he recently assisted Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC with the revision of his Hague lectures, titled ‘Principles of Procedure in International Litigation’.

Dr Brown is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, and a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court. He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a door tenant at Essex Court Chambers, London. He is the author of A Common Law of International Adjudication (OUP, 2007), and is a graduate of the Universities of Melbourne, Oxford, and Cambridge.

Publications

Books | Book Chapters | Refereed Journal Articles | Non-Refereed Articles (including book reviews, notes and editorials) | Conference Presentations |


Books

  • Brown, C, A Common Law of International Adjudication, OUP: USA (2007) (also available in paperback 2009)

Book Chapters

  • Brown, C, “Bringing Sustainable Development Issues before Investment Treaty Tribunals”, in Markus Gehring, Marie-Claire Cordonnier-Seger, and Andrew Newcombe (eds), Sustainable Development in World Investment Law (2009) (forthcoming)

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Brown, C, ‘The Cross-Fertilisation of Principles relating to Procedure and Remedies in the Jurisprudence of International Courts and Tribunals’ (2008) 30 Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review (forthcoming)
  • Brown, C, ‘The Inherent Powers of International Courts and Tribunals’ (2005) 76 British Yearbook of International Law 195
  • Brown, C, ‘The Settlement of Disputes Arising in Flexibility Mechanism Transactions under the Kyoto Protocol’ (2005) 21 Arbitration International 361
  • Brown, C, ‘Access to International Justice in the Legality of Use of Force Cases’ (2005) 64 Cambridge Law Journal 267
  • Tams, C & Brown, C, ‘Hundert Jahre und kein bisschen weise? Zum 100. Jahrestag der Abkommen über Guantanamo Bay’ (2003) 78 Die Friedens-Warte: Journal of International Peace and Organisation 395 (co-authored)
  • Brown, C, ‘Strasbourg Follows Suit on Provisional Measures’ (2003) 62 Cambridge Law Journal 532
  • Brown, C, ‘“Reasonableness” in the Law of the Sea: The Prompt Release of the Volga’ (2003) 16 Leiden Journal of International Law 621
  • Brown, C, ‘The Evolution and Application of Rules Concerning Independence of the “International Judiciary”’ (2003) 2 Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 63
  • Brown, C, ‘Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v Rwanda) Provisional Measures, Order of 10 July 2002’ (2003) 52 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 782
  • Brown, C, ‘The Proliferation of International Courts and Tribunals: Finding Your Way Through the Maze’ (2002) 3 Melbourne Journal of International Law 453
  • Brown, C, ‘Provisional Measures before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: The MOX Plant Case’ (2002) 17 International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 267
  • Hepburn, C & Brown, C, ‘Privatising the Commons? A Global Greenhouse Emissions Trading Regime at COP-6’ (2000) 19 Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Journal 157
  • Brown, C, ‘Esso Australia Resources Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation’ (2000) 23 University of New South Wales Law Journal 173
  • Brown, C, ‘International Environmental Law and the Regulation of Offshore Installations: The Case for a South Pacific Regional Protocol’ (1998) 17 Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Journal 109
  • Brown, C, ‘Facilitating Joint Implementation under the Framework Convention on Climate Change: Toward a Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Protocol’ (1997) 14 Environmental and Planning Law Journal 356

Non-Refereed Articles (including book reviews, notes and editorials)

  • Brown, C, ‘The Use of Precedents of other International Courts and Tribunals in Investment Treaty Arbitration’ (2008) 5(3) Transnational Dispute Management, available at http://www.transnational-dispute-management.com
  • Brown, C, ‘The Protection of Legitimate Expectations as a General Principle of Law: Some Preliminary Thoughts’ (2008) 5(2) Transnational Dispute Management, available at http://www.transnational-dispute-management.com
  • Brown, C, ‘Book Review of Dan Sarooshi, International Organisations and their Exercise of Sovereign Powers’ (2008) 67 Cambridge Law Journal 209
  • Brown, C, ‘Note and comment: Corn Products International, Inc v United Mexican States (ICSID Case No ARB(AF)/04/1), and Archer Daniels Midland Company and Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas, Inc v United Mexican States (ICSID Case No ARB(AF)/04/5), Order of the NAFTA Consolidation Tribunal of 20 May 2005’, at http://www.investmentclaims.com (2007)
  • Brown, C, ‘Note and comment: Corn Products International, Inc v United Mexican States (ICSID Case No ARB(AF)/04/1), Procedural Order 1 of 1 June 2004’, at http://www.investmentclaims.com (2007)
  • Brown, C, ‘Note and comment: Corn Products International, Inc v United Mexican States (ICSID Case No ARB(AF)/04/1), Procedural Order No 2 of 14 January 2005’, at http://www.investmentclaims.com (2007)
  • Brown, C, ‘Note and comment: Corn Products International, Inc v United Mexican States (ICSID Case No ARB(AF)/04/1), Procedural Order No 3 of 29 March 2005’, at http://www.investmentclaims.com (2007)
  • Brown, C, ‘Note and comment: Repsol YPF Ecuador, SA v Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador), ICSID Case No ARB/01/10, Annulment Proceeding, Procedural Order No 1 of 22 December 2005’, at http://www.investmentclaims.com (2007)
  • Brown, C, ‘Note and comment: Repsol YPF Ecuador, SA v Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador), ICSID Case No ARB/01/10, Annulment Proceeding, Procedural Order No 4 of 22 February 2006’, at http://www.investmentclaims.com (2007)
  • Brown, C, ‘Note and comment: Repsol YPF Ecuador, SA v Empresa Estatal Petróleos del Ecuador (Petroecuador), ICSID Case No ARB/01/10, Decision on Application for Annulment of 8 January 2007’, at http://www.investmentclaims.com (2007)
  • Brown, C, ‘Summary: Leatch and National Parks and Wildlife Service v Shoalhaven City Council’ in James Crawford, Daniel Bethlehem, Philippe Sands, Cairo Robb, and Alice Palmer (eds), International Environmental Law Reports (2005) vol IV, 57
  • Brown, C, ‘Summary: Commonwealth of Australia and Another v State of Tasmania and Others (the Tasmanian Dam Case)’ in James Crawford, Daniel Bethlehem, Philippe Sands, Cairo Robb, and Alice Palmer (eds), International Environmental Law Reports (2005) vol IV, 13
  • Brown, C, ‘Translation: Lingen case’ in James Crawford, Daniel Bethlehem, Philippe Sands, Cairo Robb, and Alice Palmer (eds), International Environmental Law Reports (2005) vol IV, 221-226 (co-authored)
  • Brown, C, ‘Disputes Arising under the Kyoto Protocol’s “Flexibility Mechanisms”’ (2005) 3(2) Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence, available at http://www.gasandoil.com/ogel/
  • Brown, C, ‘Kyoto Protocol to Enter into Force on 16 February 2005’ (2005) 3(1) Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence, available at http://www.gasandoil.com/ogel/
  • Brown, C, ‘The Kyoto Protocol Enters into Force’, ASIL Insights (February 2005), available at http://www.asil.org/insights/2005/03/insights050301.html
  • Brown, C, ‘Disputes Arising in “Flexibility Mechanism” Transactions under the Kyoto Protocol’ (2005) 10(1) International Bar Association Arbitration Committee Newsletter 7
  • Brown, C, ‘Comment: Jurisdiction and Admissibility in International Arbitration’ (2005) 2(1) Transnational Dispute Management 3-4, available at http://www.transnational-dispute-management.com
  • Brown, C, ‘Book Review of Francisco Orrego Vicuña, International Dispute Settlement in an Evolving Global Society: Constitutionalisation, Accessibility, Privatisation’ (2005) 74 Nordic Journal of International Law 285
  • Brown, C, ‘Book Review of Andrea Bianchi (ed), Enforcing International Law Norms against Terrorism’ (2005) 64 Cambridge Law Journal 757
  • Brown, C, ‘Book Review of Société Française pour le Droit International, La juridictionnalisation du droit international’ (2004) 75 British Yearbook of International Law 390
  • Brown, C, ‘Book Review of Yuval Shany, The Competing Jurisdictions of International Courts and Tribunals’ (2003) 14 European Journal of International Law 1045
  • Brown, C, ‘Book Review of Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Cesare Romano and Ruth Mackenzie (eds), International Organizations and International Dispute Settlement: Trends and Prospects’ (2003) 62 Cambridge Law Journal 506
  • Brown, C, ‘Book Review of Patricia Birnie and Alan Boyle, International Law and the Environment’ (2003) 62 Cambridge Law Journal 222
  • Brown, C, ‘Book Review of Bruno Simma (ed), The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary’ (2002) 23 Australian Yearbook of International Law 215
  • Brown, C, ‘Book Review of Philippe Sands and Pierre Klein, Bowett’s Law of International Institutions’ (2001) 22 Australian Yearbook of International Law 227
  • Brown, C, ‘The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth): A New Role for the Commonwealth in Environment Protection’ (2000) 28(9) International Business Lawyer 427-428 (co-authored)
  • Brown, C, ‘“People in Greenhouses …”: The Kyoto Protocol and Its Impact on Australian Industry and Legal Practice’ (2000) 74(8) Law Institute Journal 54-57 (co-authored)

Conference Presentations

  • Brown, C, ‘The New Frontier: Investment Arbitration’, Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia Annual Conference 2009, Melbourne, 30 May 2009
  • Brown, C, ‘The Emergence of Common Rules concerning Procedure and Remedies in International Adjudication’, Lunchtime Seminar Series, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 12 March 2009
  • Brown, C, ‘A Common Law of International Adjudication’, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, 2 December 2008
  • Brown, C, ‘The Emergence of General Principles of Procedure in International Adjudication’, Oxford University Public International Law Discussion Group, Oxford, United Kingdom, 27 November 2008
  • Brown, C, ‘Procedural Mechanisms to Bring Sustainable Development Issues before Investment Treaty Tribunals’, Conference on Sustainable Development in World Investment Law and Policy, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 13 July 2008
  • Brown, C, ‘The Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the United Kingdom’s Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement Programme’, British Institute for International and Comparative Law Investment Treaty Forum, London, United Kingdom, 8 July 2008
  • Brown, C, ‘A Common Law of International Adjudication’, Presentation to the International Arbitration Group of Herbert Smith LLP, London, United Kingdom, 23 April 2008
  • Brown, C, ‘The Immunities of UNESCO before the English Courts’, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Academic Seminar, London, United Kingdom, 15 April 2008
  • Brown, C, ‘Procedure and Remedies before Different International Courts and Tribunals: Convergence or Divergence?’, Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 15 February 2008
  • Brown, C, ‘A Common Law of International Adjudication’, Centre for International Courts and Tribunals, University College London, London, United Kingdom, 5 February 2008
  • Brown, C, ‘The Immunities of International Organisations: The Case of Entico v UNESCO’, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Seminar for the Treasury Solicitor’s Department, London, United Kingdom, 9 January 2008
  • Brown, C, ‘The Fragmentation of International Law and Implications for International Adjudication’, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legal Advisers Group Meeting, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, United Kingdom, 23 May 2007
  • Brown, C, ‘The Doctrine of Legitimate Expectations in Public International Law’, Annual Meeting of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, United Kingdom, 16 June 2006
  • Brown, C, ‘The Emergence of Common Standards in Procedural Issues before International Courts’, ILA (British Branch) Conference, London, United Kingdom, 4 March 2006
  • Brown, C, ‘Bilateral Investment Treaties and International Project Financing’, Presentation to the Banking Group, Clifford Chance LLP, London, 10 November 2005
  • Brown, C, ‘Ensuring that You Buy Clean Air and not Hot Air under Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreements’, Carbon Finance 2005, London, United Kingdom, 1 November 2005
  • Brown, C, ‘Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol’, Clifford Chance LLP International Law Seminar at Canning House, London, United Kingdom, 5 July 2005
  • Brown, C, ‘The Use of Precedents of other International Courts and Tribunals in Investment Treaty Arbitration’, Annual Meeting of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, United Kingdom, 10 June 2005
  • Brown, C, ‘The Impact of Climate Change on the Construction Industry’, International Construction Superconference, London, United Kingdom, 19 May 2005
  • Brown, C, ‘The Settlement of Disputes in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme’, Carbon Expo, Cologne, Germany, 12 May 2005
  • Brown, C, ‘The Settlement of Disputes Arising out of Flexibility Mechanism Contracts under the Kyoto Protocol’, International Arbitration Group Meeting, Clifford Chance LLP, London, United Kingdom, 21 January 2005
  • Brown, C, ‘The Settlement of Disputes Arising out of Emissions Trading Contracts’, Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 9 December 2004
  • Brown, C, ‘The Inherent Powers of International Courts and Tribunals’, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, United Kingdom, 29 July 2004