After putting forward its own definition of economic warfare, the book reviews historical case studies – reflecting the three main branches of international economic law: trade, investment and currency – to identify pertinent legal boundaries. While the case studies reveal that numerous rules of international (economic) law regulate (specific measures of) economic warfare, it remains to be seen whether – analogously to the prohibition of the threat or use of force – these selective limitations have the potential to coalesce into a general prohibition of economic warfare in the future.
Teoman M. Hagemeyer-Witzleb is a judge serving in the Berlin judiciary. Majoring in international economics, he obtained a (Master’s Degree equivalent) diploma in International Economic Law in 2012 from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. In 2014 and 2016, he took the bar examinations at the Higher Regional Courts of Nuremberg and Berlin, respectively. His research focusses on public (international) economic law. He has (co-)authored various articles and studies, also for the European Parliament and a major European government.