Anthea Roberts

Awards

Francis Deák Prize (2002, 2011)

Experience Keywords

extraterritorial and universal jurisdiction; international law; investment treaty law

Research Summary

Anthea Roberts is a Lecturer in Law, teaching Public International Law, International Dispute Resolution and Investment Treaty Law. Anthea joined LSE in 2008 and is one of the co-founders of LSE’s Transnational Law Project.

Current research interests include: the interpretation and development of investment treaty law; the adjudication of international law before international courts and tribunals; comparative approaches to international law before domestic courts; re-theorizing the doctrine of sources of international law, particularly with respect to challenges posed by state empowered bodies (including various international organizations) and non-state actors (including armed opposition groups); and extraterritorial and universal jurisdiction.