Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword: the transnationalism of Detlev Vagts
- List of cases cited
- List of abbreviations and acronyms
- Introduction: a Festschrift to celebrate Detlev Vagts' contributions to transnational law
- 1 Detlev Vagts and the Harvard Law School
- 2 Constructing and developing transnational law: the contribution of Detlev Vagts
- I International law in general
- II Transnational economic law
- 14 Sovereignty-plus in the era of interdependence: toward an international convention on combating human rights violations by Transnational Corporations
- 15 The noisy secrecy: Swiss banking law in international dispute
- 16 Not-for-profit organisations, conflicts of laws and the right of establishment under the EC Treaty
- 17 The meaning of ‘investment’ in the ICSID Convention
- 18 Toward a proper perspective of the private company's distinctiveness
- 19 Administrative law and international law: the encounter of an odd couple
- 20 Making transnational law work through regime-building: the case of international investment law
- 21 Creditor protection in international law
- 22 Stability, integration and political modalities: some American reflections on the European project after the financial crisis
- III Transnational lawyering and dispute resolution
- Bibliography of Detlev Vagts
- Index
21 - Creditor protection in international law
from II - Transnational economic law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword: the transnationalism of Detlev Vagts
- List of cases cited
- List of abbreviations and acronyms
- Introduction: a Festschrift to celebrate Detlev Vagts' contributions to transnational law
- 1 Detlev Vagts and the Harvard Law School
- 2 Constructing and developing transnational law: the contribution of Detlev Vagts
- I International law in general
- II Transnational economic law
- 14 Sovereignty-plus in the era of interdependence: toward an international convention on combating human rights violations by Transnational Corporations
- 15 The noisy secrecy: Swiss banking law in international dispute
- 16 Not-for-profit organisations, conflicts of laws and the right of establishment under the EC Treaty
- 17 The meaning of ‘investment’ in the ICSID Convention
- 18 Toward a proper perspective of the private company's distinctiveness
- 19 Administrative law and international law: the encounter of an odd couple
- 20 Making transnational law work through regime-building: the case of international investment law
- 21 Creditor protection in international law
- 22 Stability, integration and political modalities: some American reflections on the European project after the financial crisis
- III Transnational lawyering and dispute resolution
- Bibliography of Detlev Vagts
- Index
Summary
Introduction
When I arrived at Harvard Law School in the Fall of 2007, Professor Vagts had already retired from the faculty. Yet he was still very much present on campus. As a central pillar of the international law pantheon at Harvard, he continued supervising and giving advice to any student eager to learn about international law. Even though I never had the privilege of being taught by him, I am immensely grateful to him for all the guidance I received during my LLM year and for taking an active interest in my development as an international lawyer.
His door in Langdell was always open. Soon after my arrival, I became a regular visitor to Langdell 337. He would put aside the newest article he was working on. Invariably, a fascinating conversation would follow, which often took unexpected turns. What made the conversations with Detlev so delightful was that he provided not just many academic insights but drew on his lifelong wisdom as a scholar and dedicated internationalist. He was most generous with his time. I would also meet him regularly at the German lunch tables that he organised. For decades, he has served as the cultural bridge for Europeans who came to study at Harvard Law School, especially those from German-speaking countries.
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- Making Transnational Law Work in the Global EconomyEssays in Honour of Detlev Vagts, pp. 431 - 452Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010