Course literature autumn 25

Below you find a list of some suggested textbooks and other reading materials. They are not mandatory literature as we believe students should pick the textbooks they can work best with. The list of suggested reading covers, however, the areas under discussion in the differ-ent sessions. The book marked with an asterisk (*) will be used to indicate main reading for the sessions. Additional reading will be recommended during class.

A. International Trade Law

• Choukroune, Leïla; Nedumpara, James J., International Economic Law, CUP, 2022 (• Leïla Choukroune, James J. Nedumpara, International Economic Law, CUP 2021 (“Majority World" perspectives))
• Collins, David, Foundations of international economic law, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing, [2019] (• David Collins, Foundations of International Economic Law, EE 2019 (quite brief, as overview; 2nd ed. will be published Jan 2025))
• Olsen, Birgitte Egelund; Steinicke, Michael; Sørensen, Karsten Engsig, WTO law: from a european perspective, Netherlands, Kluwer Law International, c2012 (• Birgitte Egelund Olsen, Michael Steinicke, Karsten Engsig Sorensen, WTO Law. From A European Perspective, Kluwer Law International 2012 (Nordic perspective, but quite dated))
• Herdegen, Matthias, Principles of international economic law, Third edition., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2024 (• Matthias Herdegen, Principles of International Economic Law, OUP, 3rd ed. 2024* The book marked with an asterisk (*) will be used to indicate main reading for the sessions. Additional reading will be recommended during class.)
• Matsushita, Mitsuo et al., The World Trade Organization: Law, Practice, and Policy, OUP Oxford, 2015 (• Mitsuo Matsushita, Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Petros C. Mavroidis, Michael Hahn, The World Trade Organization, OUP, 3rd ed. 2015 (very comprehensive, somewhat dated))
• Qureshi, Asif; Ziegler, Andreas, International Economic Law, 4th Ed.;London; Sweet & Maxwell; ISBN:9780414066106, 2019, Sweet & Maxwell (• Asif Qureshi, Andreas Ziegler, International Economic Law, Sweet & Maxwell, 4th ed. 2019 (very comprehensive, somewhat dated))
• Trebilcock, Michael J.; Trachtman, Joel, Advanced introduction to international trade law, Second edition, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, [2020] (• Michael J. Trebilcock, Joel Trachtman, Advanced Introduction to International Trade Law, EE, 2nd ed. 2020 (quite brief, as overview))
• Bossche, Peter van den; Zdouc, Werner., The law and policy of the World Trade Organization: text, cases, and materials, Fifth edition, 2022 (• Peter van den Bossche, Werner Zdouc, The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization, Cambridge University Press, 5th ed. 2021 (very comprehensive))
• Bossche, Peter van den; Prévost, Marie Denise, Essentials of WTO law, Second Edition., Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2021 (• Peter Van den Bossche, Denise Prévost, Essentials of WTO Law, CUP, 2nd ed. 2021 (somewhat brief, as overview))

Other core materials will be the WTO primary sources (i.e., WTO agreements, dispute settle-ment reports and other legal/policy documents), which can be freely downloaded from the WTO website (wto.org). A reader may be provided on “Studium”.

B. International Investment Law

Below you find a list of some suggested textbooks and other reading materials. They are not mandatory literature as we believe students should pick the textbooks they can work best with. The list of suggested reading covers, however, the areas under discussion in the differ-ent sessions. The book marked with an asterisk (*) will be used to indicate main reading for the sessions. Additional reading will be recommended during class.

• Dolzer, Rudolf; Kriebaum, Ursula; Schreuer, Christoph, Principles of international investment law, Third edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2022 (Rudolf Dolzer, Ursula Kriebaum, and Christoph Schreuer, Principles of International Invest-ment Law, OUP, 3rd ed. 2022*)
• Haughwout Folsom, Ralph , Foreign investment law including investor-state arbitrations in a nutshell, West Academic Publishing, 2022 (Ralph Haughwout Folsom, Foreign investment law including investor-state arbitrations in a nutshell, West Academic Publishing, 2022 (brief))
• Sornarajah, M., The international law on foreign investment, Fifth edition, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021 (M Sornarajah, The international law on foreign investment, CUP, 5th ed. 2021 (“Majority World” perspective))
• Collins, David, An Introduction to International Investment Law, 2, Cambridge University Press, 2023 (David Collins, An Introduction to International Investment Law, CUP, 2nd ed. 2023)
• Collins, David, An Introduction to International Investment Law, 2, Cambridge University Press, 2023 (David Collins, An Introduction to International Investment Law, CUP, 2nd ed. 2023)

Other core materials will be the primary sources (i.e., investment agreements, awards and other legal/policy documents), some of which can be freely downloaded here: https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/ and here: https://www.italaw.com/. A reader may be pro-vided on “Studium”.

See also Georgetown Law Library,

- International Trade Law Research Guide, at https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/InternationalTradeLaw

- International Investment Law Research Guide, at https://guides.ll.georgetown.edu/Inter

C. Recommended session specific reading

I. Seminar 6 – EU Autonomous Investment Measures

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union COM (2017) 0487 final.

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council COM (2024) 24 final.

• Voon , Tania ; Merriman, Dean , Incoming: How International Investment Law Constrains Foreign Investment Screening’ (Tania Voon and Dean Merriman, ‘Incoming: How International Investment Law Constrains Foreign Investment Screening’ (2023) 24 Journal of World Investment & Trade 75–114.)
• Riela, Stefano , The EU’s Foreign Direct Investment Screening Mechanism Two Years After Implementation (Stefano Riela, ‘The EU’s Foreign Direct Investment Screening Mechanism Two Years After Implementation’ (2023) 22(1) European View 57–67.)
• Tepeš, Nina , Foreign Direct Investment Screening in the EU – Future Perspectives and Implied Obliga-tions (Nina Tepeš, ‘Foreign Direct Investment Screening in the EU – Future Perspectives and Im-plied Obligations’(2023) 60 Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta U Splitu 1.)