Professorship for International Law and Dispute Resolution

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

Prof. Dr Christian J. Tams works in the areas of public international law and dispute settlement.

His research in these fields focuses on the role of international courts and tribunals and the protection of international investments.

In addition to his academic work, Professor Tams advises governments, investors and international organisations on matters of international law. In that role, he regularly participates in proceedings before national and international courts and before arbitral tribunals.

    Research areas

  • Law - International law
  1. 2025
  2. Published

    Public Interest Litigation avant la lettre? Questions of Standing in the Wimbledon Case

    Tams, C. J., 20.02.2025, The Legacy of the Wimbledon Case : Centenary of the First Judgment of the Permanent Court of International Justice . Kwiecien, R. & Fitzmaurice, M. (eds.). Brill | Nijhoff, p. 47-69 23 p. (Queen Mary Studies in International Law; vol. 57).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. 2024
  4. Published

    European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2023

    Bäumler, J. (Editor), Binder, C. (Editor), Bungenberg, M. (Editor), Krajewski, M. (Editor), Rühl, G. (Editor), Tams, C. J. (Editor), Terhechte, J. (Editor) & Ziegler, A. R. (Editor), 17.10.2024, Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 489 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 14)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    § 4 The international legal framework governing the TCA

    Tams, C. J., 2024, EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: A Handbook. Kübek, G., Tams, C. J. & Terhechte, J. P. (eds.). 1. ed. Oxford: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 42-54 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  6. Published

    EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: A Handbook

    Kübek, G. (Editor), Tams, C. J. (Editor) & Terhechte, J. (Editor), 2024, 1. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 550 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. 2023
  8. Published

    European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2022

    Bäumler, J. (Editor), Binder, C. (Editor), Bungenberg, M. (Editor), Krajewski, M. (Editor), Rühl, G. (Editor), Tams, C. J. (Editor), Terhechte, J. (Editor) & Ziegler, A. R. (Editor), 24.05.2023, Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 581 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 13)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. 2022
  10. Published

    European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2021

    Bäumler, J. (Editor), Binder, C. (Editor), Bungenberg, M. (Editor), Krajewski, M. (Editor), Rühl, G. (Editor), Tams, C. J. (Editor), Terhechte, J. (Editor) & Ziegler, A. R. (Editor), 06.07.2022, Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 369 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 12)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  11. Published

    The World Court’s Influence on Contemporary Investment Law

    Tams, C. J. & Methymaki, E., 01.01.2022, International Investment Law: An Analysis of the Major Decisions. Fabri, H. R. & Stoppioni, E. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 37-57 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  12. Published

    §1 Einleitung

    Terhechte, J. & Tams, C. J., 2022, Handels- und Zusammenarbeitsabkommen EU/VK: Handbuch. Kübek, G., Tams, C. J. & Terhechte, J. P. (eds.). 1. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 41-48 8 p. (Praxis Europarecht).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  13. Published

    §4 Der völkerrechtliche Rahmen des TCA

    Tams, C. J., 2022, Handels- und Zusammenarbeitsabkommen EU/VK: Handbuch. Kübek, G., Tams, C. J. & Terhechte, J. P. (eds.). 1. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 85-102 18 p. (Praxis Europarecht).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch