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. 2023
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 2022
  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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