Christian J. Tams

Prof. Dr.

  1. 2014
  2. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: a commentary

    Tams, C. J., Berster, L. & Schiffbauer, B., 2014, München: C.H. Beck Verlag. 514 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  3. Procedural aspects of investor-state dispute settlement: The emergence of a European approach?

    Tams, C. J., 2014, In: Journal of World Investment and Trade. 15, 3-4, p. 585-611 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. 2013
  5. The Development of International Law by the International Court of Justice

    Tams, C. J. (Editor) & Sloan, J. (Editor), 12.09.2013, Oxford University Press. 400 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  6. The ICJ as a 'Law-Formative Agency': summary and synthesis.

    Tams, C. J., 12.09.2013, The Development of International Law by the International Court of Justice. Tams, C. J. & Sloan, J. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 376-396 21 p.

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

  7. Introduction: Domestic courts as agents of development of international law

    Tzanakopoulos, A. & Tams, C. J., 09.2013, In: Leiden Journal of International Law. 26, 3, p. 531-540 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Legacies of the Permanent Court of International Justice

    Tams, C. J. (Editor) & Fitzmaurice, M. (Editor), 25.03.2013, Leiden, NL: Martinus Nijhoff. 413 p. (Queen Mary studies in international law; vol. 13)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Commentary to article 27

    Tams, C. J., 21.03.2013, The United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property : A Commentary. Tams, C. J. & O'Keefe, R. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 379-394 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  10. Commentary to the preamble

    Tams, C. J., 21.03.2013, The United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property: A Commentary. Tams, C. J. & O'Keefe, R. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 28-33 6 p. (Oxford commentaries on international law).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  11. The United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Properties: A Commentary

    Tams, C. J. (Editor) & O'Keefe, R. (Editor), 21.03.2013, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 508 p. (Oxford commentaries on international law)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  12. The Contentious Jurisdiction of the Permanent Court

    Tams, C. J., 09.01.2013, Legacies of the Permanent Court of International Justice. Tams, C. J. & Fitzmaurice, M. (eds.). Leiden, NL: Brill Nijhoff Verlag, p. 9-39 31 p. (Queen Mary Studies in International Law; vol. 13).

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

  13. Commentary to article 1

    Tams, C. J. & O'Keefe, R., 2013, The United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property: A Commentary. Tams, C. J. & O'Keefe, R. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 35-39 5 p. (Oxford commentaries on international law).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  14. Published

    Erga Omnes, Jus Cogens and their Impact on the Law of Responsibility

    Tams, C. & Asteriti, A., 2013, The International Responsibility of the European Union: European and International Perspectives. Evans, M. & Koutrakos, P. (eds.). Oxford: Hart Publishing, p. 163-188 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  15. General introduction

    O'Keefe, R. & Tams, C. J., 2013, The United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property: A Commentary. Tams, C. J. & O'Keefe, R. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. xxxvii - xlii 6 p. (Oxford commentaries on international law).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

  16. Introduction

    Fitzmaurice, M. & Tams, C. J., 2013, Legacies of the Permanent Court of International Justice. Tams, C. J. & Fitzmaurice, M. (eds.). Brill Nijhoff Verlag, p. 1-8 8 p. (Queen Mary Studies in International Law; vol. 13).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  17. 2012
  18. Commentary on articles 5-6

    Tams, C. J., 22.11.2012, The Charter of the United Nations: A Commentary. Simma, B., Khan, D.-E., Nolte, G. & Paulus, A. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 362-386 25 p. (Oxford commentaries on international law).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  19. Commentaries to articles 49-52

    Tams, C. J., 11.10.2012, The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary [2nd ed.]. Zimmermann, A., Oellers-Frahm, K., Tomuschat, C. & Tams, C. J. (eds.). 2 ed. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 1276-1323 47 p. (Oxford commentaries on international law).

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

  20. The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary [2nd ed.]

    Tams, C. J. (Editor), Zimmermann, A. (Editor), Oellers-Frahm, K. (Editor) & Tomuschat, C. (Editor), 11.10.2012, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. (Oxford commentaries on international law)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  21. Prospects for Humanitarian Uses of Force

    Tams, C. J., 20.09.2012, Realizing Utopia: The Future of International Law. Cassese, A. (ed.). Oxford University Press, p. 359-374 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  22. The Settlement of International Disputes: Basic Documents

    Tams, C. J. (Editor) & Tzanakopoulos, A. (Editor), 12.09.2012, Hart Publishing. 864 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  23. Documents in International Economic Law: Trade, Investment and Finance

    Tams, C. J. (Editor) & Tietje, C. (Editor), 30.08.2012, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 760 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  24. The sources of international investment law: Concluding thoughts

    Tams, C. J., 22.08.2012, International Investment Law: The Sources of Rights and Obligations. Gazzini, T. & Brabandere, E. D. (eds.). Brill Rodopi, p. 319-331 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  25. Reacting against treaty breaches

    Tams, C. J. & Simma, B., 07.2012, The Oxford Guide to Treaties. Hollis, D. B. (ed.). 1 ed. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 576-604 29 p.

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

  26. The use of force against terrorists

    Tams, C. J., 28.01.2012, The Use of Force in International Law. Tsagourias, N. & Gazzini, T. (eds.). London: Taylor and Francis Ltd., p. 339-377 39 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  27. International Investment Law and Its Others

    Tams, C. J. (Editor) & Hofmann, R. (Editor), 01.01.2012, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 236 p. (Schriften zur Europäischen Integration und Internationalen Wirtschaftsordnung; vol. 27)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  28. Applying Necessity and Proportionality to Anti-Terrorist Self-Defence

    Tams, C. J. & Devaney, J. G., 2012, In: Israel Law Review. 45, 1, p. 91-106 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Die Charta der Vereinten Nationen und die Allgemeine Erklärung der Menschenrechte

    Tams, C. J. & Jötten, S., 2012, Menschenrechte: Ein Interdisziplinäres Handbuch. Polmann, A. & Lohmann, G. (eds.). Stuttgart, Germany: J.B. Metzler, p. 116-122 7 p.

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

  30. International investment law and its others: mapping the ground

    Hofmann, R. & Tams, C. J., 2012, International Investment Law and Its Others. . Hofmann, R. & Tams, C. J. (eds.). Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 9-14 6 p. (Schriften zur Europäischen Integration und Internationalen Wirtschaftsordnung; vol. 27).

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

  31. Jan-Frederik Belling, Die Jurisdiktion rationae materiae der ICSID-Schiedsgerichte. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Investitionsbegriffes des Weltbankübereinkommens vom 18.03.1965 Duncker & Humblot, 2008 ISBN 978-3-428-12443-5

    Tams, C. J., 2012, European Yearbook of International Economic Law. Herrmann, C. & Terhechte, J. P. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 717-718 2 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 3).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksCritical ReviewsResearch

  32. 2011
  33. IGH - Tätigkeit 2010

    Tams, C. J., 20.12.2011, In: Vereinte Nationen. 59, 6, p. 275-276 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  34. Re-Introducing Walther Schücking

    Tams, C. J., 01.08.2011, In: European Journal of International Law. 22, 3, p. 725-739 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  35. The European tradition in international law: Walther Schücking

    Tams, C. J., 01.08.2011, In: European Journal of International Law. 22, 3, p. 723-724 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  36. IGH: Gutachten zur Unabhängigkeit Kosovos

    Tams, C. J. & Tzanakopoulos, A., 01.05.2011, In: Vereinte Nationen. 59, 2, p. 80-82 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  37. Individual States as Guardians of Community Interests

    Tams, C. J., 01.05.2011, From Bilateralism to Community Interest: Essays in Honour of Bruno Simma. Fastenrath, U., Geiger, R., Khan, D.-E., Paulus, A., von Schorlemer, S. & Vedder, C. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 379-405 27 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  38. Article 60: Convention of 1969 and Convention of 1986

    Tams, C. J. & Simma, B., 07.04.2011, The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties: A Commentary [Volume 2]. Corton, O. & Klein, P. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 1351-1381 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  39. General Public International Law and International Investment Law: A Research Sketch on Selected Issues

    Tams, C. J., Braun, T. R., Lorz, R. A., Schill, S. W., Tietje, C. & Behring, J., 03.2011, Halle: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 91 p. (Beiträge zum Transnationalen Wirtschaftsrecht; vol. 105).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  40. International investment law: Situating an Exotic Special Regime within the Framework of General International Law

    Hofmann, R. & Tams, C. J., 01.01.2011, International Investment Law and General International Law : From Clinical Isolation to Systemic Integration?. Hofmann, R. & Tams, C. J. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 9-16 8 p.

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

  41. International Investment Law and General International Law: From Clinical Isolation to Systemic Integration?

    Hofmann, R. (Editor) & Tams, C. J. (Editor), 01.01.2011, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 275 p. (Schriften zur Europäischen Integration und Internationalen Wirtschaftsordnung; vol. 24)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  42. The necessity and proportionality of anti-terrorist self-defence

    Tams, C. J., 01.01.2011, Counter-Terrorism Strategies in a Fragmented International Legal Order: Meeting the Challenges. van den Herik, L. & Schrijver, N. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 373-422 50 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  43. Published

    Transparency and Representation of the Public Interest in Investment Treaty Arbitration

    Asteriti, A. & Tams, C., 01.01.2011, International Investment Law and Comparative Public Law. Schill, S. W. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 787-816 30 p. 25

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  44. 2010
  45. Der Goldstone-Bericht zum Gaza-Krieg 2008/2009 aus Sicht des Völkerrechts

    Tams, C. J., 18.12.2010, In: Vereinte Nationen. 2010, 6, p. 243-248 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  46. Barcelona Traction at 40: The ICJ as an agent of legal development

    Tams, C. J. & Tzanakopoulos, A., 12.2010, In: Leiden Journal of International Law. 23, 4, p. 781-800 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. IGH: Tätigkeit 2009

    Tams, C. J., 16.08.2010, In: Vereinte Nationen. 2010, 4, p. 183-184 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  48. Waiver, acquiescence and extinctive prescription

    Tams, C. J., 05.2010, The Law of International Responsibility. Crawford, J., Pellet, A., Olleson, S. & Parlett, K. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 1035-1049 15 p. (Oxford commentaries on international law).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  49. Veto, Right of: Addendum

    Tams, C. J., 01.01.2010, A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations: Second Revised Edition. Volger, H. (ed.). 2 ed. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff

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

  50. Common Heritage of Mankind: Addendum

    Tams, C. J., 2010, A Concise Encyclopedia of the United Nations: 2nd edition. Volger, H. (ed.). Leiden, NL: Martinus Nijhoff

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

  51. Erläuterungen zu den Themenfeldern Seerecht und Seevölkerrecht: [60 entries on 'The Law of the Sea'] 2nd edition

    Tams, C. J., 2010, Wörterbuch der Polizei. Möllers, M. H. W. & Kastner, M. (eds.). 2. Aufl. ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag

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

  52. Internationales Wirtschaftsrecht als Grenze deutscher Umweltpolitik? Anmerkungen zum Rechtsstreit Vattenfall gegen Deutschland

    Tams, C. J., 2010, In: NordÖR. 2010, 9, p. 329-334 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  53. 2009
  54. The use of force against terrorists: A rjoinder to Federico Sperotto and Kimberley N. Trapp

    Tams, C. J., 01.11.2009, In: European Journal of International Law. 20, 4, p. 1057-1062 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  55. The use of force against terrorists

    Tams, C. J., 11.2009, In: European Journal of International Law. 20, 2, p. 359-397 39 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  56. IGH: Tätigkeit 2007/2008

    Tams, C. J., 19.10.2009, In: Vereinte Nationen. 2009, 5, p. 228-231 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch