Custom and its Interpretation in International Investment Law

Editors

Panos Merkouris, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
Panos Merkouris is Professor of International Law at the University of Groningen. He holds a Chair on Interpretation & Dispute Settlement in International Law. He is the Principal Investigator of the TRICI-Law project (ERC Grant Agreement No. 759728). Prof. Merkouris has written extensively on the law of treaties, sources and interpretation, most recently co-authoring Treaties in Motion (2020) with Prof. Malgosia Fitzmaurice.

Andreas Kulick, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany
Andreas Kulick is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Tübingen, Germany and Visiting Professor at Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg in the summer semester of 2023. He has been a visiting fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, NYU School of Law, and the European University Institute. He has written extensively on all aspects of international law, with a particular focus on international adjudication, and regularly advises and represents states in proceedings before international courts and tribunals, including in investment arbitration.

José Manuel Álvarez-Zarate, Universidad Externado de Colombia
José Manuel Álvarez-Zarate is Professor at Externado University of Colombia and Director of the Law and Economics Department where he runs the International Economic Law (IEL) program. He has written extensively on trade and investment matters and practices advising and representing in proceedings before local and communitarian tribunals, including in investment arbitration.

Maciej Żenkiewicz, Nicholas Copernicus University of Toruń, Poland
Maciej Żenkiewicz is Assistant Professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University. He also teaches as a visiting professor at various universities including Antonio de Nebrija University, Spain, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru, and Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Law, China. He is the author of various articles and monographs.

Associate Editor

Konrad Turnbull, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
Konrad Turnbull is a PhD researcher within the Department of Transboundary Legal Studies and Faculty of Economics & Business at the University of Groningen. His core research focuses on international courts' approaches in adjudicating cases of structural discrimination & the public's perception of the efficacy of these institutions.

Contributors

Horacio A. Grigera Naón, Patrick Dumberry, Saïda El Boudouhi, Diego Mejía-Lemos, José Manuel Álvarez-Zarate, Sotirios-Ioannis Lekkas, Anna Ventouratou, Federica I Paddeu, Emmanuel Giakoumakis, Łukasz Kułaga, Oliver Hailes, Madhav Mallya, Filip Balcerzak, Nina Mileva, Panos Merkouris, Andreas Kulick, Maciej Żenkiewicz