Description

Courts operating in ‘extraterritorial quarters’ or districts as dispute resolution mechanisms have been overlooked in international economic law. Whether in the form of courts acting in special zones (e.g., International Zone of Tangier, 1923-1956; Qatar Financial Centre, 2005-present) or the retired common law judges acting in small ‘market-dominant’ jurisdictions, the ‘extraterritorial quarters’ offer unique cases of international economic law adjudication where multiple legal systems collide within one single city.  

The online roundtable is a joint effort of the European Society of International Law (ESIL)  International Economic Law and History of Internationacional Law Interest groups,  together with Ghent University, KU Leuven, and UC Louvain, that will connect researchers from different places working on various ‘extraterritorial quarters’ of the past and the present.

Opening remarks: 
Gustavo Prieto (FWO, Ghent University - ESIL, International Economic Law IG). 
Florenz Volkaert (FWO, Ghent University - ESIL, History of International Law IG).

Panel: 

Willem Theus (KU Leuven - UCLouvain)
Extraterritorial Quarters of the past and present: a primer.

Alyssa King (Queen’s University – Canada) & Pamela Bookman (Fordham University).
Traveling Judges.

Michel Erpelding
Forgotten Source of Inspiration for post-WWII International Adjudication: Mixed Courts in Semi-Colonial Polities as Guarantors of the Economic Rights and Privileges of Foreigners’.

Georgios Dimitropoulos
Dispute Settlement in Special Economic Zones, and the ‘Modern Law of Nature’.

Discussion:

Georgia Antonopoulou (University of Birmingham).
Filip Batselé (Ghent University & Université Libre de Bruxelles).