Peruvian Domestic Law Aspects of the La Brea Y Pariñas Controversy

Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 59, p. 351, 1970

35 Pages Posted: 2 Jul 2009

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Dale Beck Furnish

Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Date Written: 1970

Abstract

In the renowned La Brea y Parinas controversy, the North American public has consistently assumed, Professor Furnish says, that Peru acted arbitrarily in effectively rendering the International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) without compensation for the expropriated oilfield. The legal mechanism utilized was granting IPC compensatory damages, but offsetting the award with a restitutionary claim for the deletion of the resources of the tract by IPC under a claim of title which Peru deems invalid. It is Professor Furnish’s view, elaborated in this article, that there is a solid basis in Peruvian domestic law for most of what Peru has done in this affair.

Keywords: La Brea y Pariñas Controversy, Peru, Compensatory Damages

Suggested Citation

Furnish, Dale Beck, Peruvian Domestic Law Aspects of the La Brea Y Pariñas Controversy (1970). Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 59, p. 351, 1970, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1428605

Dale Beck Furnish (Contact Author)

Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law ( email )

Box 877906
Tempe, AZ 85287-7906
United States

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