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. Published

    Introduction

    Kübek, G., Tams, C. J. & Terhechte, J., 2024, EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: A Handbook. Kübek, G., Tams, C. J. & Terhechte, J. P. (eds.). 1. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 3-8 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  2. Published

    Mapping international inspections

    Chaumette, A.-L. & Tams, C. J., 12.12.2022, International Inspections/Les inspections internationales. Chaumette, A.-L. & Tams, C. J. (eds.). Leiden: Brill | Nijhoff, p. 67-123 57 p. (Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations Series; vol. 24).

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

  3. Published

    Preface and acknowledgments

    Tams, C. J., Schill, S. W. & Hofmann, R., 01.01.2023, International Investment Law and General International Law: Radiating Effects?. Tams, C., Schill, S. & Hofmann, R. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. x-xi 2 p. (Frankfurt Investment and Economic Law series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  4. Published

    Priyasha Saksena, Sovereignty, International Law and the Princely States of Colonial South Asia

    Tams, C. J., 2023, In: German Yearbook of International Law. 66, 1, p. 409-412 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  5. 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

  6. Published

    Radiating effects: The gentle impact of international investment law on general international law

    Tams, C. J., Schill, S. W. & Hofmann, R., 01.01.2023, International Investment Law and General International Law: Radiating Effects?. Tams, C., Schill, S. & Hofmann, R. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 2-30 29 p. (Frankfurt Investment and Economic Law series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published
  8. Published

    Succession in respect of cession, unification and separation of States.

    Devaney, J. G. & Tams, C. J., 2024, General International Law in International Investment Law: A Commentary. Kulick, A. & Waibel, M. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 428-442 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    The Genocide Convention: article-by-article commentary

    Tams, C. J., Berster, L. & Schiffbauer, B., 12.2023, Second edition ed. München, New York: C.H. Beck Verlag. 539 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  10. Published

    The International Court of Justice

    Tams, C. J., 16.05.2024, International Law. Evans, M. (ed.). 6. Edition ed. Oxford University Press, p. 555-591 37 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter