David Collins

Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director Graduate Entry LLB
Director of the Visiting Scholars Programme

BA, JD (Toronto); MSc, BCL (Oxford); Solicitor, England and Wales
Admitted to the Bars of Ontario and New York
Email: David.Collins.1@city.ac.uk

David Collins teaches and researches in the field of international economic law specializing in the law of the World Trade Organization and international investment law. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Globalisation and International Regulation at Maastricht University, a frequent Visiting Professor at ESADE Law School and a Current Development Editor for the Manchester Journal of International Economic Law.

David has been a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law of Georgetown University, the World Trade Institute, the University of Sydney Law School, the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong and Columbia University Law School. His research has attracted funding from several sources including the British Academy, the Society of Legal Scholars and the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the UK. In addition to his academic work, David has been a consultant for the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the World Bank and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

At City, David teaches International Economic Law and Contract Law on the LLB and Graduate Entry LLB, and World Trade Law and International Investment Law on the LLM in International Commercial Law. David's research can be found on his SSRN page.

Publications:

BOOKS:

• Global Investment Law and the Services Economy: The WTO, BITs and BRIC Multinationals (Oxford University Press) [forthcoming]

BOOK CHAPTERS:

• "Canada's Sub Central Government Entities and the Agreement on Government Procurement: Past and Present" in S Arrowsmith and R Anderson eds. The WTO Regime on Government Procurement: Challenge and Reform (Cambridge U Press, 2011) 175-196

ARTICLES:

• "Alternative Dispute Settlement for Stakeholders in International Investment Law" (2012) 15:2 Journal of International Economic Law [forthcoming]

• "Sustainable International Investment Law After the Pax Americana: The BOOT on the Other Foot" (2012) 13:2 Journal of World Investment and Trade 325-348

• "Applying the Full Protection and Security Standard of International Investment Law to Digital Assets" (2011) 12:2 Journal of World Investment and Trade 225-243

• "Environmental Impact Statements and Public Participation in International Investment Law" (2010) 7:2 Manchester Journal of International Economic Law 4-23

• "A New Role for the WTO in International Investment Law: Public Interest in the Post Neoliberal Period" (2010) 25:1 Connecticut Journal of International Law 1-35

• "Health Protection at the World Trade Organization - The J-Value as a Universal Standard for Reasonableness of Regulatory Precautions" (2009) 43:5 Journal of World Trade 1071-1091

• "Efficient Breach, Reliance, and Contract Remedies at the WTO" (2009) 43:2 Journal of World Trade 225 - 244

• "Reliance Based Remedies at ICSID" (2009) 29 Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business 101-122