Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann is Emeritus Professor at the European University Institute. He has taught constitutional, international, and European law at Universities in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the USA, Latin-America, South-Africa, China, India, and Singapore. Professor Petersmann represented Germany in European and UN institution, as well as working as legal consultant for the WTO and chairman of the International Trade Law Committee of the International Law Association (1999-2014).
This sweeping and ambitious volume argues in favour of legal and constitutional reform of the UN and international economic law in order to promote attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals...infused with deep knowledge of international economic law and practice, and of the geopolitical tensions of our times, this book is a call for international institutions to put the interests of people rather than governments first. * Joanne Scott, Head of the Law Department, European University Institute * With sweeping scope and penetrating depth, Prof. Petersmann identifies critical problems, highlights the institutional weaknesses of trade and investment law and adjudication, and lays out an agenda for multilevel, transformative changes that would better align the trading and investment systems with the global community's action commitments on climate change. * Daniel C. Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Law, Yale University *