Velimir Živković

Associate Professor

Course Director – LLM ICGFR, LLM ICL, LLM IEL
Internationalisation Officer

Arbitration and ADR; International Investment Law; Rule of Law (International and National); Contract Law

School of Law
B1.03, Social Sciences Building
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

024 761 50435

Scholarship

Velimir's work focuses on international arbitration, international investment law and the rule of law. He explores these topics by considering both the more traditional, doctrinal insights and critical legal studies. His focus is exploring the often unique legal developments which thrive within arbitration as a framework, conflicting narratives surrounding this field, but also how the existing legal structures – in addition to being rightfully criticized and/or reformed – can also be used as a force for good in their present state.

Bio

Velimir has a PhD in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He also holds an LLM in Commercial Law from University of Belgrade and a Magister Juris (Distinction, Clifford Chance Prize) from University of Oxford.

Velimir joined the school as an Assistant Professor in September 2019. Previously, he was a Research Fellow with the Berlin/Potsdam Research Group 'International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?' at Humboldt University in Berlin. In addition, Velimir worked as an Associate Researcher at Institute of Comparative Law in Belgrade, and has acted as consultant for different World Bank and Swiss government-supported legal reform projects in Serbia.

Publications

'Zivkovic, Velimir, 2022. 'ISDS and Nazis or history without context : a reply to Gary Born. Journal of International Arbitration, 39 (4), pp. 575-592
Zivkovic, Velimir, 2020. Pursuing and reimagining the international rule of law through international investment law. Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 12, pp. 1-27
Zivkovic, Velimir, 2019. Fair and equitable treatment between the international and national rule of law. The Journal of World Investment & Trade, 20 (4), pp. 513-552
Zivkovic, Velimir, 2013. Hardship in French, English and German law. Strani pravni ?ivot [Foreign Legal Life]
Zivkovic, Velimir, 2012. Recognition of contracts as investments in international investment arbitration. European Journal of Legal Studies, 5 (1), pp. 174-192
Zivkovic, Velimir, 2012. Contracts, treaties and umbrella clauses : some jurisdictional issues in international investment arbitration. Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade - Belgrade Law Review
Zivkovic, Velimir, 2012. Building private enforcement from scratch : the Serbian example. Competition Law Review, 8 (3), pp. 313-334

Zivkovic, Velimir, 2023. Fair and equitable treatment and the rule of law. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Zivkovic, Velimir, 2023. The use of investment treaty standards to enforce other international legal regimes and domestic law. Reinisch, August; Schill, Stephan W. (eds.), Investment Protection Standards and the Rule of Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press
'Zivkovic, Velimir, 2020. 'Contribution to the national rule of law as a legitimating factor for international investment law ? is it the potential or the outcome that matters?. Leal-Arcas, Rafael (ed.), The Future of International Economic Law and the Rule of Law, Chis?ina?u, Moldova, Eliva Press

Zivkovic, Velimir, 2018. Review of The impact of investment treaty law on host states : enabling good governance? by Mavluda Sattorova. European Journal of International Law, Oxford University Press, pp. 1032-1038
Zivkovic, Velimir, 2018. International rule of law through international investment law : strengths, challenges and opportunities. SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

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