1st Edition

Routledge Handbook on International Economic Law

Edited By Valentina Vadi, David Collins Copyright 2026
540 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

540 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book, Routledge Handbook on International Economic Law , presents a broad, clear, and accessible overview of international economic law. It consists of contributions from leading scholars and rising stars in the field from across the globe. The Handbook comprises five main parts. Part I deals with the history and theory of the discipline. Parts II, III, and IV deal with the main... Read more

List of Figures ix

About the Editors x

List of Contributors xi

Foreword 1 xx

Foreword 2 xxii

Preface xxvi

1 Introducing International Economic Law 1

Valentina Vadi and David Collins

PART I

History and Theory of International Economic Law 19

2 A Short History of International Economic Law 21

Kenneth J. Vandevelde

3 The Place of International Economic Law in the International Legal Order 36

Valentina Vadi

4 International Economic Law and International Peace and Security 50

Yuka Fukunaga and Tomohiko Kobayashi

PART II

International Trade Law 67

5 The World Trade Organization 69

María Gabriela Sarmiento and Katia Fach Gómez

6 The WTO Dispute Settlement Reform: An Evaluation of the Latest Attempt 84

Peter Van den Bossche

7 Market Access and Quantitative Restrictions 100

Denise Prévost

8 Principles of Non-Discrimination in WTO Law 113

Sachiko Yoshimura

9 Trade in Services 130

Iveta Alexovičová

10 China’s Subsidy Problem and the Limits of the SCM Agreement 145

Ming Du

11 Trade Remedies in Latin America in Times of Industrial Policy 160

Manuel Quindimil

12 General Exceptions in WTO Law 174

Henrik Andersen

13 TRIPS and the Tradification of Intellectual Property 192

Daniel J. Gervais and Peter K. Yu

14 Trade in Agriculture 207

Adriana Borsellino

15 Trade and Health and Safety—TBT and SPS Rules 223

Łukasz Gruszczyński and Lena Helińska

16 Trade and Environment 237

Caroline E. Foster

17 Digital Trade 257

David Collins

18 Regional Trade Agreements 271

Kathleen Claussen and Pasha L. Hsieh

PART III

International Investment Law 283

19 The Sources of International Investment Law 285

Rahim Moloo and Martina Monti

20 Domestic Foreign Investment Laws 297

David Collins

21 Investor-State Dispute Settlement 311

Eric De Brabandere

22 Fair and Equitable Treatment and Its Interactions with Other Standards of Treatment 331

Dr. Ioana Knoll-Tudor

23 Non-Discrimination in International Investment Law 351

Prabhash Ranjan

24 Expropriation and the Relationship between Treaties and General

International Law 368

Esmé Shirlow

25 The Right to Regulate in International Investment Law 383

Tarcisio Gazzini

26 The International Financial Architecture and Sovereign Debt Crisis Resolution 402

Juan P. Farah Yacoub, Clemens Graf von Luckner, and Sebastian Grund

27 Human Rights and the International Monetary Fund: The Case of Argentina 422

Miguel Attaguile, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, and Roberto Kozulj

28 Taking Sustainable Development Seriously in International Economic Law 435

Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger

29 International Economic Law and Indigenous Cultures 460

Valentina Vadi

30 The Global South and the International Economic Legal Order: Universal Reform/Regional Enfranchisement 478

Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu

31 International Economic Law and Climate Change 491

Avidan Kent

Index 508

Biography

Valentina Vadi is Adjunct Professor in International Law at the School of Political Sciences of the University of Florence, Italy and Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

David Collins is Professor of International Economic Law at the City Law School of City St George’s, University of London.