Table of Contents

Contents:

PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Internationalisation of Energy Law
Kim Talus

2. Institutional Actors in International Energy Law
Sijbren de Jong and Jan Wouters

3. Interface Between National and International Energy Law
Stephan W. Schill

PART II: INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INVESTMENTS
4. Multilateral and Bilateral Energy Investment Treaties: Do We Need a Global Solution? Energy Charter Treaty as Objective Result of Evolution of the International Energy Markets and Instruments of Investment Protection and Stimulation
Andrey A. Konoplyanik

5. In Search of Investment Stability
Peter Cameron

6. World Petroleum Regimes
Mohd Naseem and Saman Naseem

7. Energy and International Boundaries
Tim Martin

PART III: INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND ENERGY
8. International Arbitration and Energy: How Energy Disputes Shaped International Dispute Resolution
Aníbal Sabater and Mark Stadnyk

9. Recent Trends in Energy Disputes
Kaj Hobér

10. The Role of the Court of Justice of European Union in the Energy Market Liberalization
Sirja-Leena Penttinen

PART IV: INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENERGY
11. The WTO Agreements and Energy
Yulia Selivanova

12. The International Legal Instruments for Cross-border Pipelines
Ishrak Ahmed Siddiky

13. Contractual Issues in International Gas Trade: LNG – the Key to the Golden Age of Gas
Peter Roberts and Ruchdi Maalouf

PART V: INTERNATIONAL POVERTY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENERGY
14. Policy, Law, and the Actualization of the Right of Access to Energy Services
Yinka Omorogbe

15. Renewable Energy for Food and Water Security Projects in Dry-Land Countries: Towards a Model Legal Framework for the Qatar National Food Security Programme
Rudiger P. Tscherning

PART VI: ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
16. Promotion of Renewable Electricity: Free Trade and Domestic Industrial Development
Anton Ming-Zhi Gao

17. EU Energy Efficiency Regulation and Governance: Lessons for the US?
Lynne Holt and Mary Galligan

PART VII: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ENERGY LAW
18. Corruption and the Energy Sector: Inevitable Bedfellows?
Lucinda A. Low and Richard J. Battaglia

19. Transparency and International Energy
Tonje Pareli Gormley

20. The Regulation of Oil Spills from Offshore Installations
Alex Wawryk

21. Transit: The EU Energy Acquis and the Energy Charter Treaty
Katja Yafimava

22. International Energy Law, Institutions and Geopolitics
Andrei V. Belyi

Index

About the Author

Edited by Kim Talus, Professor of European Economic and Energy Law, Co-director for the Center of Climate Change, Energy and Environmental Law (CCEEL), UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and Professor of Energy Law, University of Helsinki, Finland

Reviews

‘The book's diverse topics, and impressive array of authors will make it a useful resource to a wide array of energy lawyers. The world's energy, environmental, and economic goals present a monumental hill to climb; the Research Handbook on lntemational Energy Law should be welcomed for beginning to illuminate the path.’
*James W.Coleman, International Energy Law Review*