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1 IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION UNDER THE RULES OF THE UNITED COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW THE RENCO GROUP, INC. CLAIMANT, v. THE REPUBLIC OF PERU, RESPONDENT. Claimant s Memorial on Liability Index of Legal Authorities LEGAL CLA /12/2006 Trade Promotion Agreement, U.S.-Peru, Apr. 12, 2006, 121 Stat CLA /00/1986 Juan Guillermo Lohmann Luca de Tena, EL NEGOCIO JURÍDICO (1986) CLA /00/2004 CLA /00/2007 CLA /00/2005 Gastón Fernández Cruz, Introducción al estudio de la interpretación en el Código Civil peruano in, ESTUDIOS SOBRE EL CONTRATO EN GENERA: POR LOS SESENTA AÑOS DEL CÓDIGO CIVIL ITALIANO ( ) (Leysser L. León, ed. & trans., Ara Editores, 2d ed. 2004) (selected excerpts) Fernando De Trazegnies Granda, La verdad construida. Algunas reflexiones heterodoxas sobre la Interpretación Legal, in TRATADO DE LA INTERPRETACIÓN DEL CONTRATO EN AMÉRICA LATINA: VOLUME III (Carlos Alberto Soto Coaguila, ed., 2007) Caldwell Trucking PRP v. Rexon Technology Corp., 421 F.3d 234 (3d Cir. 2005) 1

2 CLA /00/2002 Lee-Thomas, Inc., v. Hallmark Cards, Inc., 275 F.3d 702 (8th Cir. 2002) CLA /00/1998 Davis Oil Co. v. TS, Inc., 145 F.3d 305 (5th Cir. 1998) CLA /00/1994 Thrifty Rent-A-Car System, Inc. v. Toye, 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 8034 (10th Cir. Apr. 19, 1994) CLA /00/1970 Bouton v. Litton Industries, Inc., 423 F.2d 643 (3d Cir. 1970) CLA /19/2013 CLA /17/1992 CLA /09/2003 CLA /11/2002 CLA /30/2004 CLA /05/2004 CLA /00/2007 CLA /00/2008 CLA /30/2000 CLA /26/2006 CLA /15/1991 CLA /01/2004 Teco Guatemala Holdings LLC v. The Republic of Guatemala, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/17, Award, December 19, 2013 North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S.-Can.-Mex., Dec. 17, 1992, 107 Stat ADF Group Inc. v. United States of America, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/00/1, Award, January 9, 2003 Mondev Int l Ltd. v. United States of America, Case No. ARB(AF)/99/2, Award, October 11, 2002 Waste Management, Inc. v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/00/3, Award, April 30, 2004 Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement, U.S.- Guat.-El Sal.-Hond.-Nicar.-Costa Rica-Dom. Rep., Aug. 5, 2004, 119 Stat. 462 Campbell MacLachlan, Laurence Shore, and Matthew Weininger, Treatment of Investors, in INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION: SUBSTANTIVE PRINCIPLES (Oxford University Press, 2007) Rudolf Dolzer & Christoph Schreuer, PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW (Oxford University Press, 2008) Metalclad Corp. v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/97/1, Award, August 30, 2000 International Thunderbird Gaming Corp. v. United Mexican States, Ad hoc - UNCITRAL, Award, January 26, 2006 Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Government of the Republic of Peru for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, November 15, 1991 Occidental Exploration & Production Co. v. The Republic of Ecuador, LCIA Case No. UN3467, Final Award, July 1,

3 CLA /13/2001 CLA /12/2005 CLA /19/2007 CLA /25/2004 CLA /24/2007 CLA /03/2008 CLA /01/2009 CLA /24/2008 CLA /17/2006 CLA /05/2012 CLA /00/2008 CLA /16/2002 CLA /26/2000 CLA /10/2001 CLA /18/2009 CLA /00/2004 CME Czech Rep. B.V. (Netherlands) v. The Czech Republic, UNCITRAL, Partial Award, September 13, 2001 CMS Gas Transmission Co. v. Argentine Republic, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/8, Award, May 12, 2005 PSEG Global, Inc. et al. v. Turkey, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/5, Award, January 19, 2007 MTD Equity Sdn. Bhd. & MTD Chile S.A. v. The Republic of Chile, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/7, Award, May 25, 2004 BG Group Plc. v. The Republic of Argentina, UNCITRAL, Award, December 24, 2007 National Grid v. The Republic of Argentina, UNCITRAL, Award, November 3, 2008 Waguih Elie George Siag & Clorinda Vecchi v. Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID No. ARB/05/15, Award, June 1, 2009 Biwater Gauff (Tanzania) Ltd. v. United Republic of Tanzania, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/22, Award, July 24, 2008 Saluka Investments B.V. (Netherlands) v. The Czech Republic, UNCITRAL, Partial Award, March 17, 2006 Occidental Petroleum Corp. v. Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/06/11, Award, October 5, 2012 Christopher F. Dugan, Don Wallace, Jr., Noah Rubins, Borzu Sabahi, INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION (Oxford University Press, 2008) Marvin Feldman v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/99/1, Award, December 16, 2002 S.D. Myers, Inc. v. Government of Canada, NAFTA, 40 ILM 1408, Partial Award, October 26, 2000 Pope & Talbot Inc. v. Government of Canada, NAFTA/UNCITRAL, Award on the Merits of Phase 2, April 10, 2001 Cargill, Inc. v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/05/2, Award, September 18, 2009 L. Yves Fortier & Stephen L. Drymer, Indirect Expropriation in the Law of International Investment: I Know It When I See It, or Caveat Investor, ICSID Rev. F.I.L.J. 293 (Fall 2004) 3

4 CLA /10/2004 CLA /17/2000 CLA /08/2000 CLA /22/2009 CLA /00/2000 CLA /00/1987 CLA /20/1984 CLA /22/1984 CLA /12/2010 CLA /00/1998 CLA /26/1959 CLA /02/2006 CLA /06/2007 CLA /26/2000 CLA /14/2006 Kardassopoulos v. The Republic of Georgia, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/15, Award, February 10, 2010 Compañía del Desarrollo de Santa Elena, S.A. v. The Republic of Costa Rica, ICSID Case No. ARB/96/1, Award, February 17, 2000 Wena Hotels, Ltd. v. Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/98/4, Award, December 8, 2000 Bernardus Henricus Funnekotter et al. v. The Republic of Zimbabwe, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/6, Award, April 22, 2009 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Taking of Property (New York and Geneva, 2000) Charles N. Brower, Current Developments in the Law of Expropriation and Compensation: A Preliminary Survey of Awards of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, 21 INT L L. 639 (1987) Starrett Housing Corp., et al. v. The Islamic Republic of Iran, 4 Iran- United State Claims Tribunal 112, Final Award, December 20, 1984 Tippetts, Abbett, McCarthy, Stratton v. TAMS-AFFA Consulting Engineers of Iran et al., 6 Iran-United State Claims Tribunal 219, Award No , June 22, 1984 RosInvestCo UK Ltd. v. The Russian Federation, SCC Case No. Arb. V (079/2005), Final Award, September 12, 2010 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Bilateral Investment Treaties in the Mid-1990s (New York and Geneva, 1998) F.V. García Amador, State Responsibility, Special Rapporteur s Report, Int l Law Commission, Y.B. INT L L. COMM N. (1959) ADC Affiliate Ltd. & ADC & ADMC Mgmt. Ltd. v. The Republic of Hungary, ICSID Case No. ARB/03/16, Award, October 2, 2006 Siemens A.G. v. The Republic of Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/02/08, Award, February 6, 2007 Pope & Talbot Inc. v. Government of Canada, NAFTA-UNCITRAL, 40 I.L.M. 258 (2001), Interim Award, June 26, 2000 Azurix Corp. v. The Republic of Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/01/12, Award, July 14,

5 CLA /29/2003 CLA /19/1986 CLA /14/1987 CLA /27/1989 CLA /00/1990 CLA /00/1999 CLA /00/2004 CLA /00/2003 CLA /00/1967 CLA /00/2008 CLA /29/2008 CLA /21/2000 Tecnicas Medioambientales TECMED S.A. v. United Mexican States, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/00/2, Award, May 29, 2003 Phelps Dodge Corp. v. Iran, Case No. 99, Award No , 10 IRAN-UNITED STATES CL. TRIB. REP. 121, March 19, 1986 Amoco Int l Fin. Corp. v. The Islamic Republic of Iran, Case No. 56, Partial Award No , 15 IRAN-UNITED STATES CL. TRIB. REP. 288, July 14, 1987 Biloune and Marine Drive Complex Ltd. v. Ghana Investments Centre, UNCITRAL, 95 ILR 189, Award on Jurisdiction and Liability, October 27, 1989 Eli Lauterpacht, Issues of Compensation and Nationality in the Taking of Energy Investments, 8 J. ENERGY & NAT. RES. L. 241 (1990) Peter Muchlinski, MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES AND THE LAW (Wiley- Blackwell 1999) Malcolm N. Shaw, INTERNATIONAL LAW (Cambridge Univ. Press, 5th ed. 2004) Ian Brownlie, PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (Oxford Univ. Press, 6th ed. 2003) C.F. Amerasinghe, STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INJURIES TO ALIENS (Clarendon Press 1967) George S. Georgiev, The Award in Saluka Investments v. Czech Republic in, THE REASONS REQUIREMENT IN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION (G. Aguilar-Alvarez and M. Reisman, eds., 2008) Rumeli Telekom A.S. & Telsim Mobil Telekomikasyon Hizmetleri A.S. v. The Republic of Kazakhstan, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/16, Award, July 29, 2008 Compañiá de Aguas del Aconquija S.A. and Universal v. The Republic of Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/97/3, Award, November 21,

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