Overview
- Introduces a concept of economic warfare based on a comprehensive review of pertinent literature in the fields of international law and (geo)economics
- Presents numerous case studies on the different dimensions of economic warfare - trade, investment, and finance - also including the US-Sino Trade War of 2018
- Deduces the corpus of regulation confining specific forms of economic warfare from the case studies in various fields of international law ("jus in bello oeconomico")
- Finds that states have the right to resort to economic warfare ("jus ad bellum oeconomicum") that only prospectively may be challenged
Part of the book series: European Yearbook of International Economic Law (EUROYEAR, volume 16)
Part of the book sub series: EYIEL Monographs - Studies in European and International Economic Law (EYIELMONO)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Keywords
- economic warfare
- Wirtschaftskrieg
- guerre économique
- jus ad bellum oeconomicum
- jus in bello oeconomico
- international law of economic warfare
- public international law of economic warfare
- economic conflict
- international law of economic conflict
- trade war
- ius ad bellum oeconomicum
- jus in bello oeconomico
- The International Legal Framework of Economic Warfare
- International Legal Boundaries of Modern Economic Warfare
- Currency War
- Financial War
- International Legal Limits to Economic Warfare
About this book
Since the prohibition of the threat or use of force and the resurgence of (economic) nationalism, economic warfare has become an increasingly important substitute for actual hostilities between states. Its manifestations range from medieval sieges to modern day trade wars. Despite its long history, economic warfare remains an elusive term, foreign to international law. This book seeks to identify those portions of international law that are applicable to economic warfare. What is the status quo of regulation? Is there a jus ad bellum oeconomicum? A jus in bello oeconomico?
After putting forward its own definition of economic warfare, the book reviews historical case studies – reflecting the three main branches of international economic law: trade, investment and currency – to identify pertinent legal boundaries. While the case studies reveal that numerous rules of international (economic) law regulate (specific measures of) economicwarfare, it remains to be seen whether – analogously to the prohibition of the threat or use of force – these selective limitations have the potential to coalesce into a general prohibition of economic warfare in the future.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Teoman M. Hagemeyer-Witzleb is a judge serving in the Berlin judiciary. Majoring in international economics, he obtained a (Master’s Degree equivalent) diploma in International Economic Law in 2012 from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. In 2014 and 2016, he took the bar examinations at the Higher Regional Courts of Nuremberg and Berlin, respectively. His research focusses on public (international) economic law. He has (co-)authored various articles and studies, also for the European Parliament and a major European government.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The International Law of Economic Warfare
Authors: Teoman M. Hagemeyer-Witzleb
Series Title: European Yearbook of International Economic Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72846-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72845-8Published: 15 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72848-9Published: 16 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72846-5Published: 14 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2364-8392
Series E-ISSN: 2364-8406
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 406
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Economic Law, Trade Law, Law and Economics, Human Rights