Rumana Islam
Hi and welcome to my ePortfolio. I am from Bangladesh. I have started my PhD in the School of Law from October, 2010. My propsed research is title as 'Re-conceptualising the ‘fair and equitable’ treatment in International Investment Treaties: Developing Countries in Context'.
I did my LL.B (Hons) and LL.M from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2003 and 2004 respectively. Then I did LL.M (specializing on Commercial Law) from University of Cambridge, UK in 2005-2006. My research is funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. My PhD study is supervised by James Harrison. Before starting my PhD I was teaching in the Department of Law, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Research Interest: Investment law, investment arbitration, commercial arbitration, public international law, trade law.