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

    European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2024

    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), 10.06.2025, Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland. 448 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 11)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    The League of Nations as an international organisation

    Burton, P. & Tams, C. J., 05.2025, The Cambridge History of International Law: Volume 10: International Law at the Time of the League of Nations (1920–1945). Lesaffer, R., Kolb, R. & Milanov, M. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 100-129 30 p. (The Cambridge History of International Law; vol. 10).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. Published
  6. 2024
  7. 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. 489 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 14)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Article 2 (4)

    Tams, C., 30.05.2024, The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary. Simma, B., Khan, D.-E., Nolte, G. & Paulus, A. (eds.). 4. Edition ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 289-366 78 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  9. Published

    Article 5

    Tams, C., 30.05.2024, The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary. Simma, B., Khan, D.-E., Nolte, G. & Paulus, A. (eds.). 4. Edition ed. Oxford University Press, p. 523-540 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  10. Published

    Article 6

    Tams, C., 30.05.2024, The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary. Simma, B., Khan, D.-E., Nolte, G. & Paulus, A. (eds.). 4. Edition ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 541-554 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  11. 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

  12. 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, p. 42-54 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  13. 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. 550 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 2023
  17. 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

  18. Published

    Christian J. Tams, Review of Tommaso Soave. The Everyday Makers of International Law: From Great Halls to Back Rooms

    Tams, C. J., 01.11.2023, In: European Journal of International Law. 34, 4, p. 1053-1058 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  19. Published

    Controlling consent: insights from binding dispute settlement

    Tams, C. J., 11.2023, Consenting to international law. Besson, S. (ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 72-99 28 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  20. Published

    Who’s afraid of the articles on state responsibility

    Tams, C. J., 09.2023, Arbitration’s Age of Enlightenment?. Bull SC, C., Malintoppi, L. & Partasides KC, C. (eds.). Wolters Kluwer, p. 211-225 15 p. (ICCA congress series; vol. 21).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  21. 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. 581 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 13)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  22. Published

    International Investment Law and General International Law: Radiating Effects?

    Tams, C. J. (Editor), Schill, S. W. (Editor) & Hofmann, R. (Editor), 01.01.2023, Edward Elgar Publishing. 404 p. (Frankfurt Investment and Economic Law series)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. Published

    Ways out of the marshland: International investment law and the law of state succession

    Tams, C. J., 01.01.2023, International Investment Law and General International Law: Radiating Effects?. Tams, C., Schill, S. & Hofmann, R. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 150-179 30 p. (Frankfurt Investment and Economic Law series).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  26. Published

    Erga omnes-Verpflichtungen vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof: ein Kontrapunkt

    Tams, C. J., 2023, Der Schutz des Individuums durch das Recht: Festschrift für Rainer Hofmann zum 70. Geburtstag. Donath, P. B., Heger, A., Malkmus, M. & Bayrak, O. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, p. 43-56 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  27. 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

  28. 2022
  29. Published

    Cartographie des inspections internationales

    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. 3-65 62 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

  30. Published

    International Inspections/Les inspections internationales

    Chaumette, A.-L. (Editor) & Tams, C. J. (Editor), 12.12.2022, Leiden, Niederlande: Brill | Nijhoff. 610 p. (Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations Series; vol. 24)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  31. 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

  32. Published

    International investment protection and constitutional law

    Schill, S. W. (Editor) & Tams, C. J. (Editor), 22.11.2022, Edward Elgar Publishing. 380 p. (Frankfurt Investment and Economic Law series)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  33. Published

    Humanitarian intervention

    Tams, C. J., 06.09.2022, Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Binder, C., Nowak, M., Hofbauer, J. A. & Janig, P. (eds.). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 499-504 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  34. 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. 369 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 12)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  35. 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

  36. 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, p. 41-48 8 p. (Praxis Europarecht).

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

  37. 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, p. 85-102 18 p. (Praxis Europarecht).

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

  38. 2021
  39. Published

    In re Arbitration Between the Italian Republic and the Republic of India Concerning the “Enrica Lexie” Incident

    Devaney, J. G. & Tams, C. J., 07.2021, In: American Journal of International Law. 115, 3, p. 513-519 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch