Mr Antoine Martin
PhD Researcher
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Qualifications: LL.B (Paris 5), LL.M (Surrey)
Email: a.p.martin@surrey.ac.uk
Office hours
Room: 38 AP 02
Further information
Biography
Antoine is a PhD student in the School of Law. Before starting his doctoral studies within the University School of Law, he studied economics and obtained a law degree (LL.B - Université Paris 5 Descartes). He then pursued his studies within the University of Surrey School of Law, and was awarded a LL.M degree in International Law (distinctions) in 2009. Antoine is currently on a three-year full doctoral studentship.
Antoine has served as a research assistant on several projects, and participates to the research activities of the Surrey International Law Centre (SILC) and the Environmental Regulatory Research Group (ERRG), of which he is a member. He also co-edits the International Law Notepad blog.
Research Interests
Antoine’s doctoral research focuses on “Stabilisation clauses in Foreign Direct Investment Investor-State Contracts: a Sustainable Development approach”.
This doctoral thesis is pursued in continuation of a LL.M dissertation which analysed the impact of Bilateral Investment treaties and Investor-State arbitrations before the ICSID on domestic jurisdiction. Antoine's research essentially aims at answering recent reports by international organisations which critically emphasised the need to reconsider stabilisation clauses due to their potentially negative impacts on State legitimate development and sovereign ability to take regulatory measures.
| Supervisor | Prof Indira Carr |
Publications
FDI-related:
- A. Martin, International investment disputes, nationality and corporate veil: some insights from Tokios Tokelés and TSA Spectrum de Argentina, Transnational Dispute Management Volume.8 Issue.1 February 2011
- A. Martin and M. Ayalew, Acquiring Land Abroad for Agricultural Purposes: ‘Land Grab’ or Agri-Fdi?
Report of the Surrey International Law Centre and Environmental Regulatory Research Group (March 2011).
Surrey Law Working Papers – 08/2011
PIL-related:
- A. Martin, Implementation as the best way to tackle corruption: a study of the UNCAC and the AUC 2003. Surrey Law Working Papers 07/2011 (February 2011)
Affiliations
Apart from being a member of the Surrey International Law Centre (SILC) and Environmental Regulatory Research group (ERRG), Antoine is also related to:
- Society of International Economic Law (SIEL)
- British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
- UNCTAD International Investment Agreements Network (IIA)