International Economic Law

Leïla Choukroune is Professor of International Law and Director of the University of Portsmouth thematic area in Democratic Citizenship. She is regularly approached as an independent expert on international economic law and business and human rights. Her research focuses on the interactions between international trade and investment law, human rights, development studies, jurisprudence and social theory. She has published numerous scientific articles, book chapters and special issues in English, French, Spanish and Chinese, and has authored more than ten books, including, recently, Judging the State in International Trade and Investment Law (2016), Exploring Indian Modernities (2018), and Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy (in press). She is the Editor of both International Law and the Global South series, and Human Rights, Citizenship and the Law series. She is also Associate Editor of the Manchester Journal of International Economic Law. James J. Nedumpara is Professor and Head of the Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL), established by the Government of India at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. In this capacity, he advises the government on international trade, investment and dispute settlement matters. He is currently on leave from Jindal Global Law School, where he joined as a founding faculty member. James received his PhD from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and holds graduate degrees in Law from the University of Cambridge, UK; the NYU School of Law, USA; and the National University of Singapore. He has appeared in various WTO dispute proceedings as part of the Indian delegation, including India: Agricultural Products and India: Export-Related Measures, and other dispute consultation proceedings. James has published widely in the field of trade remedy law, most recently, Non-Market Economies in the Global Trading System: The Special Case of China (2018).

Preface; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Introduction; Part I. International Trade Law: 1. International Trade Law: Basic Principles; 2. Tariff, Quotas and Preferential Trade Agreements; 3. Agreement on Agriculture; 4. Technical Barriers to Trade and Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Measures; 5. Anti-dumping; 6. Subsidies, Countervailing Measures and Safeguards; 7. Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property; 8. Trade in Services; 9. Trade Exceptions; 10. WTO Dispute Settlement; Part II. International Investment Law: 11. International Investment Law in the Making; 12. The International Law of Investment; 13. International Investment Agreements, Scope, Definitions and Standards; 14. The Settlement of International Investment Disputes; Part III. Finance, Development and Aid; 15. International Monetary Law and Finance; 16. International Development and Aid; Part IV. International Economic Law at Crossroad; Contemporary Illustrations of Multidisciplinary Approaches; 1. International Economic Law and Human Rights; 2. New Architecture of Trade Agreements; 3. Digital Trade; 4. Economic Sanctions; 5. International Taxation; 6. The Blue Economy; Index.