Volume 7 of the EYIEL focusses on critical

perspectives of international economic law. Recent protests against free trade

agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

remind us that international economic law has always been a politically and

legally contested field. This volume collects critical contributions on trade,

investment, financial and other subfields of international economic law from

scholars who have shaped this debate for many years. The critical contributions

to this volume are challenged and sometimes rejected by commentators who have

been invited to be "critical with the critics". The result is a unique

collection of critical essays accompanied by alternative and competing views on

some of the most fundamental topics of international economic law.



In its section on regional developments, EYIEL 7

addresses recent megaregional and plurilateral trade and investment agreements

and negotiations. Short insights on various aspects of the Transpacific

Partnership (TPP) and its sister TTIP are complemented with comments on other

developments, including the African Tripartite FTA und the negotiations on a

plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA). Further sections address

recent WTO and investment case law as well as recent developments concerning

the IMF, UNCTAD and the WCO. The volume closes with reviews of recent books in

international economic law.