International Economic Law : Text Cases and Materials (South Asia Edition)

Reconciling all fields of international economic law (IEL) and creating bridges between disciplines in a conceptual as well as practical manner this book stands out as the first modern comprehensive international economic law textbook. Containing a technically solid yet critically rich body of knowledge that spans disciplines from trade law to investment from trade finance to fisheries subsidies from development to the digital economy and other new-age topics the book offers the widest possible coverage of issues in current international economic law. Positioning IEL as a truly global practice the comprehensive coverage includes various treaty texts landmark cases and new materials and is supplemented by case studies real-life examples exercises and illustrations. The case extracts and legal texts are selectively chosen to engage modern law students. Mini chapters show examples of interdisciplinary interactions and provide a window into the future disciplines of 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.