Petroleum Contracts and International Law

Rudolf Dolzer, Barrister, McNair Chambers

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.

1. Petroleum Contracts: Their subject matter, context and setting
2. The Petroleum Industry in Historic Transition: Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources
3. Petroleum Contracts as State Contracts: Their peculiar nature
4. State Contracts in Legal Doctrine: A survey
5. Types of Petroleum Contracts and their evolution
6. The Law Applicable to Petroleum Contracts
7. The Petroleum Business: Main actors and driving forces
8. Stabilisation Clauses
9. State Contracts: Their stabilisation by way of
international arbitration