Abstract:This article is a response to an article published in this Journal by Professor Patrick Dumberry, criticising the Yukos tribunal’s conclusion that the clean hands doctrine does not constitute a general principle of law and is not a bar to an investor’s claim. Dumberry submits that strong arguments exist for considering the clean hands doctrine a general principle of law, and that tribunals, by barring claims concerning investments made contrary to host states’ laws, have been applying the doctrine. The present… Show more
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