Using the Article Citator in a Document View
Use this guide to understand how to use the article citator tool within the document view of a dispute document.
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Overview
When viewing text of a dispute document, you will be able to use the different research tools to see treaties or arbitration rules, publications, other jurisprudence, subjects or terms & phrases that the award/decision has referred to. If you select the Article Citator, the document text will show highlighted excerpts that show how the referenced legal instruments and particular provisions have been applied by the tribunal.
Learn more about the different research tools in ISLG here. (Links to article “Understanding the Research Tools’).
Table of Contents
Click on the arrow to reveal a list of sections within the document. Clicking on a section title will bring you to that place in the document text. Press the arrow again to collapse the list of sections.
View all Treaties and Rules Cited
Click on the arrow to reveal a listing of all legal instruments that this document refers to. Under each there will be a link to “View in the Article Citator”. This will bring you to the Article Citator tool, where you will be able to see all other jurisprudence that refer to the same legal instrument.
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Portion Cited
In order to view where specific provisions are referred to within the dispute document text, use the “portion cited” dropdown. This will show you which specific provision within the legal instrument is referred to by this document, or if you select “All”, it will show you where general references to the legal instrument are made.
Example: The dispute document, Saba Fakes v. Republic of Turkey, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/20, Award, 14 July 2010, refers to the legal instrument, ICSID Convention (1965). Within the “portion cited” dropdown menu you can select “Article 25” to view the text within the dispute document that refers to Article 25 of the ICSID Convention.
If you would like to view the text of the referenced provision from the selected legal instrument, click the link “Preview [provision name]”. This will only work for specific provisions, and not general references that are listed as “All”. Once you select the preview option, you will see a popup appear with the excerpt of that provision. From here you can copy the excerpt to save for your research purposes, or even visit that legal instrument’s provision by selecting “View in Document”. To exit out of this and go back to the dispute document you were viewing, press the “x” icon to close.
Jumping to the document excerpt with the reference
In order to view the section within the award or decision you are viewing that makes a reference to the legal instrument, select the paragraph numbers listed below the “Referred to in this case at” heading. The paragraphs listed will correspond to “Portions Cited” dropdown, so be sure to select the correct provision, or general reference, to see the applicable referencing text. Once you make a selection you will be brought to that section within the dispute document that refers to the specific provision or general legal instrument.
Selected Treaty/Rule Cited
If you navigate to the dispute document from the Article Citator tool, your left sidebar will have an additional section: “Selected Treaty/Rule Cited”. This will automatically display the legal instrument from which you selected the dispute document in the Article Citator. Similarly to the “View all treaties and rules cited” you will be able to use the “Portions Cited” dropdown to select a specific provision or general reference, and view the paragraphs within the document that refer to them.
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How to Follow a Legal Instrument
You can simply and effectively stay up to date with newly published, relevant analysis related to a legal instrument of interest by following the instrument within the Article Citator tool. Following a legal instrument, or a particular provision within that instrument, will allow you to receive in-app notifications and email notifications when investment treaty decisions and awards have referred to the instrument or provision in question.
Getting Started with the Article Citator
Use this to get more familiar with the Article Citator tool, and how you can use it to see how specific legal instruments relevant to international investment law have been considered by tribunals, annulment committees and reviewing courts.
Understanding the Research Tools
Use this to familiarize yourself with the brand new and updated core features of ISLG to help you maximize your research. Knowing which tool can help you with what will enable you to get the full power of ISLG and reduce your time spent searching for information.