Associate Professor Esmé Shirlow
LL.B. (Hons.) (ANU), BA (ANU), GDLP (ANU), LL.M.(Hons) (Cambridge), PhD (King's College London)
Lecturer
ANU College of Law
Areas of expertise
- International Law (Excl. International Trade Law) 180116
Publications
- Shirlow, E 2023, 'The Rule of Law, Standards of Review, and the Separation of Powers', in (ed.), Investment Protection Standards and the Rule of Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 259-278.
- Shirlow, E 2023, 'Theoretical Reflections on the Role of Deference in International Arbitration', in Franco Ferrari, Friedrich Rosenfeld (ed.), Deference in International Commercial Arbitration: The Shared System of Control in International Commercial Arbitration, Wolters Kluwer, The Netherlands.
- Batifort, S, Gerbay, R, Iba�ez, B et al. 2023, 'Meet the Scholars: Cutting-Edge Issues in International Dispute Resolution', American Society of International Law Proceedings, vol. 116, pp. 235-247.
- Shirlow, E & Gore, K, eds, 2022, The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in Investor-State Disputes: History,Evolution and Future, Wolters Kluwer, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands.
- Shirlow, E 2022, Approaches of International Courts and Tribunals to the Award of Compensation in International Private Property Cases and Implications for the Reform of Investor�State Arbitration.
- Shirlow, E & Duggal, K 2022, 'The ILC Articles on State Responsibility in Investment Treaty Arbitration', ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 1-2, pp. 378-542.
- Shirlow, E 2022, 'Deference and the Practice of International Law', Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 457-466.
- Shirlow, E 2022, 'Investment Protection in the AEUFTA: Missed Opportunities or Strategic Exclusions?', in Marc Bungenberg, Andrew Mitchell (ed.), The Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 159-184.
- Shirlow, E & Gore, K 2022, 'An Introduction to the VCLT and Its Role in ISDS: Looking Back, Looking Forward', in Esm? Shirlow, Kiran Nasir Gore (ed.), The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in Investor-State Disputes: History,Evolution and Future, Wolters Kluwer, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, pp. 1-22.
- Shirlow, E & Waibel, M 2022, 'Article 32 of the VCLT and Precedent in Investor-State Arbitration: A Sliding Scale Approach to Interpretation', in Esm? Shirlow, Kiran Nasir Gore (ed.), The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in Investor-State Disputes: History,Evolution and Future, Wolters Kluwer, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, pp. 127-150.
- Gore, K & Shirlow, E 2022, 'The VCLT, Future Fragmentations, and Opportunities for Innovation: Concluding Remarks', in Esm? Shirlow, Kiran Nasir Gore (ed.), The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in Investor-State Disputes: History,Evolution and Future, Wolters Kluwer, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, pp. 463-480.
- Shirlow, E 2022, 'Appendix: Applications of the VCLT in Investor-State Arbitration with Accompanying Table Recording References to the VCLT in Over 350 Different Procedural Orders, Decisions and Awards of Investor-State Arbitral Tribunals', in Esm? Shirlow, Kiran Nasir Gore (ed.), The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in Investor-State Disputes: History,Evolution and Future, Wolters Kluwer, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, pp. 481-642.
- Gore, K & Shirlow, E 2022, 'The VCLT and the Creation and Application of Treaties: Introductory Reflections', in Esm? Shirlow, Kiran Nasir Gore (ed.), The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in Investor-State Disputes: History,Evolution and Future, Wolters Kluwer, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, pp. 177-187.
- Shirlow, E & Gore, K 2022, 'The VCLT and the Validity, Termination, and Amendment of Treaties in Light of Ongoing ISDS Reform: Introductory Remarks', in Esm? Shirlow, Kiran Nasir Gore (ed.), The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in Investor-State Disputes: History,Evolution and Future, Wolters Kluwer, Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, pp. 263-270.
- Shirlow, E 2021, Judging at the Interface: Deference to State Decision-making Authority in International Adjudication, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Shirlow, E 2021, 'Deference', in (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law, Oxford University Press, Online.
- Saunders, I, Letts, D, Shirlow, E et al. 2021, 'COVID-19 and International Law: Sketching the Parameters', Australian Yearbook of International Law Online, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 3-12.
- O'Neill, L, Thorburn, K, Riley, B et al. 2021, 'Renewable energy development on the Indigenous Estate: Free, prior and informed consent and best practice in agreement-making in Australia', Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 81.
- Shirlow, E & Waibel, M 2021, 'A Sliding Scale Approach to Travaux in Treaty Interpretation: The Case of Investment Treaties', The British Yearbook of International Law, vol. 2021, pp. 1-52.
- Shirlow, E 2021, 'Back into the Shadows? Public Participation in the Peaceful Settlement of Investment Disputes through Non-Arbitral Means', in Eric De Brabandere, Tarcisio Gazzini, and Avidan Kent (ed.), Public Participation and Foreign Investment Law: From the Creation of Rights and Obligations to the Settlement of Disputes, Brill - Nijhoff, Leiden, pp. 361ââ¬â394.
- Shirlow, E & Caron, D 2020, 'The Multiple Forms of Transparency in International Investment Arbitration: Their Implications, and Their Limits', in Thomas Schultz, Federico Ortino (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of International Arbitration, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 469-490.
- Shirlow, E 2020, 'E-Discovery in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Practice, Procedures, Challenges and Opportunities', Journal of International Dispute Settlement , vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 549-588.
- Shirlow, E 2020, 'Most Favoured Nation Treatment'.
- Shirlow, E 2020, 'The Promises and Pitfalls of Investor-State Mediation', Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy, vol. 2020.
- Heathcote, S & Shirlow, E 2020, 'Response to the DFAT enquiry on Australia's Cyber and Critical Technology International Engagement Strategy'.
- Caron, D & Shirlow, E 2018, 'Dissecting Backlash: The Unarticulated Causes of Backlash and its Unintended Consequences', in Andreas Follesdal and Geir Ulfstein (ed.), The Judicialization of International Law: A Mixed Blessing?, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 159-182.
- Caron, D & Shirlow, E 2018, 'Article 25(2)(b)', in Gloria Alvarez, Remy Gerbay and Julien Fouret (ed.), The ICSID Convention, Rules and Regulations: A Commentary, Edward Elgar Publishing, tbc.
- Shirlow, E 2017, 'Three Manifestations of Transparency in International Investment Law: A Story of Sources, Stakeholders and Structures', Goettingen Journal of International Law , vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 73-99.
- Shirlow, E 2017, 'Statute of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, 10th December 1982 (1833 UNTS 561), OXIO 161', in (ed.), Oxford International Organizations (OXIO), Oxford University Press, Online.
- Shirlow, E 2016, 'Dawn of a new era? The UNCITRAL Rules and UN Convention on Transparency in Treaty-Based Investor-State Arbitration', ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 622-654.
- Caron, D & Shirlow, E 2015, 'Most-Favored-Nation Treatment: Substantive Protection', in M Kinnear, G Fischer, J M Almeida, L F Torres & M Bidegain (ed.), Building International Investment Law: The First 50 Years of ICSID, Wolters Kluwer, TBC, pp. 399-414pp.
- Shirlow, E 2015, 'UNCITRAL Rules on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration, 1st April 2014, OXIO 117', in (ed.), Oxford International Organizations (OXIO), Oxford University Press, Online.
- Shirlow, E 2015, 'Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States, 18th March 1965 (575 UNTS 159, UN Reg No I-8359, 17 USTS 1270), OXIO 38', in (ed.), Oxford International Organizations (OXIO), Oxford University Press, Online.
- Shirlow, E 2014, 'Taking Stock: Assessing the Implications of the Kadi Saga for International Law and the Law of the European Union', Melbourne Journal of International Law, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 1-26.
- Shirlow, E 2014, 'Deference and Indirect Expropriation Analysis in International Investment Law: Observations on Current Approaches and Frameworks for Future Analysis', ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 595-626pp.
- Shirlow, E 2014, 'Les Laboratoires Servier, S.A.A., and others v Republic of Poland: Defining the Nature of the Police Powers 'Defence' and the Deference Applicable in Regulatory Expropriation Cases', ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 559-566pp.
- Shirlow, E & Faunce, T 2009, 'Australian Professional Practice Bodies and the Tort of Negligent Investigation', Journal of Law and Medicine, vol. 17, pp. 46-51.
- Shirlow, E & Faunce, T 2009, 'Recent legal developments and the authority of the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration', Journal of Law and Medicine, vol. 16, pp. 764-769.