European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2018

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Volume 9 of the EYIEL focusses on natural resources law understood as a special area of international economic law. In light of increasing conflicts over access to and the use of natural resources and of their impact on political, social and environmental aspects, the contributions of this volume analyse to which extent international economic law can contribute to the sustainable exploitation, management and distribution of natural resources. The volume collects contributions on general principles of natural resources law, the importance of natural resources for trade, investment and European economic law as well as analyses of particular sectors and areas including fracking, timber, space and deep seabed mining and natural resources in the arctic region. In its section on regional developments, EYIEL 9 addresses two regional integration systems which are usually not at the centre of public interest, but which deserve all the more attention due to their special relations with Europe: The Eurasian Economic Union and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Further EYIEL sections address recent WTO and investment case law as well as developments at the IMF. The volume also contains review essays of important recent books in international economic law and other aspects of international law which are connected to international economic relations. The chapter "Sovereignty, Ownership and Consent in Natural Resource Contracts: From Concepts to Practice" by Lorenzo Cotula is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 The Role of Sustainable Development in Natural Resources Law (Maximilian Oehl)....Pages 3-38 Chinese Natural Resources Disputes: A Never-Ending Story? (Ilaria Espa)....Pages 39-60 Energy and Fossil Fuels as a Topic of WTO Accession Protocols (Anna Marhold, Friedl Weiss)....Pages 61-80 All that Glitters: Conflict Diamonds, Dirty Gold and the WTO Legal Framework on Trade and Human Rights (Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer)....Pages 81-111 Beyond Antagonism: Legal Protection of Foreign Investment in the Natural Resources Sector (Tarcisio Gazzini)....Pages 113-142 Reconsidering Sovereignty, Ownership and Consent in Natural Resource Contracts: From Concepts to Practice (Lorenzo Cotula)....Pages 143-174 Fracking, Sovereignty over Natural Resources and International Investment Law (Leonie Reins, Dylan Geraets, Thomas Schomerus)....Pages 175-201 Towards a European Natural Resources Law? (Jörg Philipp Terhechte)....Pages 203-228 The EU Legal Framework on Trade in Timber and Timber Products: Recent Developments in the Implementation and Enforcement of the Timber Regulation (Concetta Maria Pontecorvo)....Pages 229-259 The International Legal Regime Applicable to the Mineral Resources of the Deep Seabed (Joanna Dingwall)....Pages 261-287 Natural Resources and the Arctic (Fernando Loureiro Bastos)....Pages 289-311 Mining in Outer Space: Legal Aspects (Mahulena Hofmann, Federico Bergamasco)....Pages 313-334 Front Matter ....Pages 335-335 Trade in Energy: The Case of the Eurasian Economic Union (Seljan Verdiyeva)....Pages 337-354 Regional Integration in the Caribbean: CARICOM and the Caribbean Court of Justice (David S. Berry)....Pages 355-380 Front Matter ....Pages 381-381 Recent Developments in International Investment Law (Catherine Titi)....Pages 383-403 Renminbi Rising: The Inclusion of the Renminbi in the SDR Basket (Hoang Pham, Anjum Rosha, Bernhard Steinki)....Pages 405-423 Overview of WTO Jurisprudence in 2016 (Jan Bohanes, Panagiotis Kyriakou, Christian Vidal-León, Tatiana Yanguas)....Pages 425-483 Front Matter ....Pages 485-485 Manjiao Chi, Integrating Sustainable Development in International Investment Law (Jörn Griebel)....Pages 487-491 Ben Saul, The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Travaux Préparatoires (Ibrahim Kanalan)....Pages 493-496 Jorun Baumgartner, Treaty Shopping in International Investment Law (Yun-I Kim)....Pages 497-500 David Kennedy, A World of Struggle: How Power, Law and Expertise Shape Global Political Economy (Gail C. Lythgoe)....Pages 501-505 Pierre Sauvé and Martin Roy, Research Handbook on Trade in Services (Charlotte Sieber-Gasser)....Pages 507-513 Julien Chaisse (Ed.), Charting the Water Regulatory Future: Issues, Challenges and Directions (Fernando Dias Simões)....Pages 515-519 New Research on the Deep Seabed and Its Resources (Christian J. Tams)....Pages 521-524