Our inuaugral conference held at the University of Warwick from 6 - 7 November 2019 was attended by almost 80 colleagues from all over the world. The depth and richness of the presentations and discussions at the conference were second to none. We promised to bring the conference to those who could not make it and our three-part blog symposia is way of us doing so.

The symposia is edited by Dr Clair Gammage, School of Law, University of BristolLink opens in a new window and Dr Amaka Vanni, Independent Scholar and President-Elect, African International Economic Law Network (AfIELN) Link opens in a new window

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This symposium draws together an exciting array of contributions on the history of IEL and origins of IEL theory alongside context specific examples marking out the intersections between IEL, business and human rights. This symposium offers diverse perspectives and timely contributions to the ongoing debate on the need to decolonise and pluralize IEL research and scholarship as a counterpoint to western-centric IEL imagination and teaching. Within this symposium are contributions on the history of IEL and origins of IEL theory alongside context specific examples marking out the intersections between IEL, business and human rights.

1. Amaka Vanni and Clair Gammage: Symposium Introduction: Global South Perspectives for Pluralising and Decolonising International Economic LawLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
2. Michael Fakhri: International Law Started with the Haitian RevolutionLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
3. Jean Ho: Hustling in International Economic LawLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
4. Claiton Fyoc:, International Investment Law and Constraining Narratives of ‘Development’: ‘Economic Development’ in the Definition of InvestmentLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
5. Flávia do Amaral Vieira: Corporations in Latin America: Human Rights in DisputeLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
6. Federico Suárez Ricaurte: Public Interest Captured by Foreign Investment: The Cerrejon Coal Mine in ColombiaLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
7. Jimena Sierra: Colombia before the ISDS and the Disputes over Natural Resources in a Coloniality ContextLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
8. Maria Jose Luque Macias: Using the Duty to Regulate Paradigm as a Normative Instrument to Foster Inter-Disciplinarity in the International Investment Law and HumanRrights DebateLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window

We would like to thank AfronomicsLaw editors Olabisi AkinkugbeLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window, James Gathii, Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window Nthope MapefaneLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window and Titilayo AdebolaLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window for their support in publishing this symposium.

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In this symposium our contributors use diverse theoretical and methodological approaches to invert dominant normative frameworks and understandings of IEL. It is split into two parts with the first three posts examining how critical approaches to IEL can provide a new frame for analysis, interrogation and critique of embedded structures of hegemony, inequality, and subjugation perpetuated by actors in international investment and international trade law. In the second part of the symposium, our contributors explore how we can ‘know and do IEL’ differently using epistemologies from the globalsSouth and alternative methodologies.

1. Clair Gammage and Amaka Vanni: The IEL Collective Symposium II – Disrupting Narratives on International Economic Law: Theory, Pedagogy and PracticeLink opens in a new window
2. Paolo Vargiu: Looking at Investment Arbitration through with Roland Barthes' EyesLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
3. Edoardo Stoppioni: A Neo-Gramscian Analysis of the Neoliberal Discourse of the WTO JudgeLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
4. Lorenzo Cotula: Global Resource Governance and IEL: Can Human Rights Advance Social Justice?Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
5. Yentyl Williams: 'Doing and Knowing' IEL through the Lens of Caribbean Rastafarian PhilosophyLink opens in a new window
6. Suzzie Onyeka Oyakhire: Teaching IEL in the Era of Decolonisation: Reflections of a Nigerian LecturerLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
7. Amanda Perry-Kessaris: Making Unity From and For Diversity: The IEL Pop-Up Collection (coming soon)

We would like to thank Lee McConnellLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window and all at the University of Bristol Law School Blog for their support in publishing this symposium.

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