School of Law

(Munir) A F M Maniruzzaman

Professor (Munir) A F M Maniruzzaman

Professor of International and Business Law and Director of Research and Postgraduate Research Degrees

School of Law

Portsmouth Business School
Richmond Building
Portland Street
Portsmouth, PO1 3DE

munir.maniruzzaman@port.ac.uk

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Professor (Munir) AFM Maniruzzaman LLB (Hons.), LLM, M.Int'l. Law (ANU), PhD (Cambridge), FRSA, MCIArb. 

Professor Maniruzzaman is Chair in International and Business Law, University of Portsmouth, UK. (2004 - ). He is the founding Professor of Law and Director of Research & Postgraduate Research Degrees, Portsmouth School of Law. Before moving to the Chair at the University of Portsmouth, he taught at Kent Law School, University of Kent, UK. as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Law (1993-2004).

He has been a Visiting Professor of Law (International Commercial Arbitration), Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, Canada (2007-2008) and has also held honorary visiting academic positions at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Dundee, Kent and London. He also worked as a Research Fellow at the Hague Academy of International Law. , The Hague, The Netherlands. He is a Council Member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, Paris, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, a member of the International Law Association (ILA), British and Bangladesh ILA branches, ILA International Committee on International Commercial Arbitration and also a member of two Specialist Groups of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) (ie, Human Rights and the Environment & Energy Law and Climate Change). He is a founding member of the IDR GROUP (international dispute resolution specialists), based at the Lamb Chambers, London. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, the Swiss Arbitration Association, International Arbitration Institute, Paris, Advisory Board and Academinc Council Member, the Institute of Transnational Arbitration (ITA), USA, the European Court of Arbitration also served as a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), Houston, USA. He is a member of the Bangladesh Bar (1981 - ) and of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association, Dhaka (1985 - ) and has practised as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (since 1983). He has worked as an international arbitration law expert/consultant in some high-profile ICSID and ICC cases and also as an International Legal Consultant to governments, state-owned enterprises, multinational corporations and mutlinational Law firms.

He has been the Editor, Consultant Editor and on the International Editorial/Advisory Boards of a number of reputable international legal periodicals including MJIEL , OGEL , TDM . He has extensively published in the areas of International Law, International Business Law, International Energy Law, International Investment Law and International Commercial Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. His research project on stability in international energy contracts  commissioned by the AIPN is published on the AIPN website and also published in the Journal of World Energy Law and Business , Oxford University Press, 2008. He is entered in the latest edition of WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD (Marquis Who's Who).

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Public International Law, International and European Business Law; International Law of Foreign Investment, International Energy and Natural Resources Law; International Economic Law & WTO Law; International Commercial Arbitration; Globalization and International Law, Transnational Commercial Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution in International Business; International Development Law and Sustainable Development, Global Climate Change, Energy security and International Law; South Asian Law; Commercial Dispute Resolution in Asia.

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  • "Addressing the Global Climate Change Problem in GATT/WTO Law: The Vision of a New International Climate Law Based on International Distributive Justice." (with Ahmad Al-Tayer), in 12 Journal of World Investment and Trade (October issue No.5, 2011), pp.631-670.
  • “Resolving International Business and Energy Disputes in Asia: Traditions and Recent Trends”, in Liber Amicorum Mélanges en l'honneur de Serge Lazareff, Editions A. Pedone, Paris http://www.pedone.info/Lazareff/serge_Lazareff.html
    (ICC-Institute of World Business Law, Paris) (2011), pp.409-429.

  • “Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards against State Entities – Recent Trends in Practice” AAA Handbook on International Arbitration Practice: http://www.jurispub.com/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=8837
    (Chapter 28) (Juris Publishing, Inc., 2010), pp. 335-350.

  • “Reforming the WTO Dispute Settlement System: A Rethink of the Third Party Right of Access to Panel and Appeal Processes from Developing Countries’ Perspectives” (with Faisal A S A Albashar) Journal of World Investment & Trade  http://www.wernerpubl.com/frame_inves.htm  
    (June issue 2010), pp. 311-373.

  • “The Issue of Resource Nationalism: Risk Engineering and Dispute Management in the Oil and Gas Industry” 5 Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law  http://tjogel.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/C_Maniruzzaman_Final.pdf
    (University of Texas, U.S.A.) (issue 1, 2009-2010), pp. 79-108.

  • “The Pursuit of Stability in International Energy Investment Contracts: A Critical Appraisal of the Emerging Trends”, 1 Journal of World Energy Law and Business http://jwelb.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/2/121.extract
    (2008, no. 2) (OUP),pp. 121-157.

  •  “Damages for Breach of Stabilization Clauses in International Investment Law: Where Do We Stand Today?” International Energy Law and Taxation Review
    [November / December 2007], pp. 246-251.

  • “The International Law of Foreign Investment: From Panic to Panacea”, in 6 International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics  https://springerlink3.metapress.com/content/u474x61n0qq8l155/resource-secured/?target=fulltext.pdf&sid=aengkfafde14btebysmp02ze&sh=www.springerlink.com
    (No. 4 / December, 2006), pp. 365-369.

  • “The Relevance of Public International Law in Arbitrations Concerning International Economic Development Agreements: An Appraisal of Some Fundamental Aspects” 6 (Journal of World Trade & Investment: Law, Policy and Economics,
    (no.2, April 2005), pp.263-296.

  • “Global Governance, International Political Economy and the Global Legal Order – The Challenge Ahead”, 1 Manchester Journal of International Economic Law
    (issue 3, December 2004), pp. 4-14.

  • “The New Law of International Commercial Arbitration in Bangladesh : A Comparative Perspective” The American Review of International Arbitration
    (U.S.A) (Fall, 2003), pp. 139-175.

  • “Environment and Sustainable Energy Development in the Asia-Pacific Region”, [2003] International Energy Law and Taxation Review http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/cel10_maniruzzaman.pdf 
    (issue 2) (Sweet & Maxwell, London), pp. 37-44.

  • “Towards Regional Energy Co-operation in the Asia-Pacific: Some Lessons from the Energy Charter Treaty”, 3 The Journal of World Investment
    (no.6, 2002) (Switzerland/U.K), pp. 1061-1122.

  •  “International Commercial Arbitration in the Asia-Pacific: Asian Values, Culture and Context”, 30 International Business Lawyer (no.11, 2002), (International Bar Association), pp. 508-515.

  • “International Development Law As Applicable Law to Economic Development Agreements: A Prognostic View” 20 Wisconsin International Law Journal : : Law, Policy and Economics
    (no.1, Fall, 2001) (USA), pp. 1-56.

  • “State Contracts in Contemporary International Law: Monist versus Dualist Controversies” 12 European Journal of  International Law  http://ejil.oxfordjournals.org/content/12/2/309.short
    (no.2, 2001) (Oxford UP)  pp. 309-328.
  • “Formation of International Sales Contracts: A Comparative Perspective”, 29 International Business Lawyer , IBA,
    (no.11, 2001), pp. 483-489.

  • “Internationalization of Foreign Investment Agreements: Some Fundamental Issues of International Law” 1 The Journal of World Investment: Law, Policy and Economics
    (no.2, December, 2000), pp. 293-320.

  •  “Choice of Law in International Contracts: Some Fundamental Conflict of Laws Issues” 16  Journal of International Arbitration
    (No.4, December, 1999) (Switzerland / U.K.), pp. 141-172.

  • “The Lex Mercatoria and International Contracts: A Challenge for   International Commercial Arbitration?”, 14 American University International Law Review http://www.auilr.org/pdf/14/14-3-2.pdf 
    (U.S.A.) (1999, No.3) pp. 657-734. [also available on WESTLAW and LEXIS]. 

  •  “Expropriation of Alien Property and the Principle of Non-discrimination in International Law of Foreign Investment: An Overview” 8 Journal of Transnational Law and Policy
    (U.S.A.) (Fall 1998, No.1) pp. 57-77. [also available on WESTLAW and LEXIS]. 

  • “State Contracts and Arbitral Choice-of-Law Process and Techniques: A Critical Appraisal”, 15 Journal of International Arbitration
    (Switzerland / U.K.) (No.3, September, 1998), pp. 65-92.

  • “Expropriation of Alien Property and the Principle of Non-discrimination in International Law of Foreign Investment: An Overview” 8 Journal of Transnational Law and Policy
    (U.S.A.) (Fall 1998, No.1) pp. 57-77. [also available on WESTLAW and LEXIS]. 

  • “State Contracts and Arbitral Choice-of-Law Process and Techniques: A Critical Appraisal”, 15 Journal of International Arbitration
    (Switzerland / U.K.) (No.3, September, 1998), pp. 65-92.

  • “Sustainable Development and International Law” (Graham & Trotman / Martinus Nijhoff) (by W. Lang, ed., 1995): Book Review in The British Yearbook of International Law (U.K.) (1997), pp. 280-282. 

  • “The Conflict of Laws Issues in International Arbitration: Practice and Trends”, 9 Arbitration International
    (U.K.) (No.4, December 1993), pp. 371-403.

  • “Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration” (by A. Redfern and M. Hunter) (2nd ed., 1991, Sweet & Maxwell, London): Book Review in International and Comparative Law Quarterly
    (U.K.)(July 1993). pp.740-41.

  • “New Generation of Natural Resource Development Agreements: Some Reflections”, 11 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law
    (U.K.) (No.4, 1993), pp. 207-247.

  • “International Commercial Arbitration: The Conflict of Laws Issues in Determining Applicable Substantive Law in the Context of Investment Agreements”, 40 Netherlands International Law Review http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=4898508
    (Holland) (No.2, September 1993), pp. 201-237.

  • “State Contracts With Aliens: The Question of Unilateral Change by the State in Contemporary International Law” 9 Journal of International Arbitration
    (Switzerland / U.K.) (No.4, December 1992), pp. 141-171.

  • “International Arbitration and Mandatory Public Law Rules in the Context of State Contracts: An Overview” 7 Journal of International Arbitration
    (Switzerland / U.K.) (No.3, September, 1990), pp. 53-64.

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