Nartnirun Junngam
Associate Professor Dr.
Nartnirun Junngam
Associate Professor Dr.
Profile
Associate Professor of Law
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (Honors), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
- Barrister-at-Law, Institute of Legal Education, Thai Bar Association
- Advanced Pronunciation, English Language Institute, Yale University
- American English for Students of Law, English Language Institute, Yale University
- Master of Laws (concentrated on Public International Law), Yale Law School
- Doctor of the Science of Law (International Investment Law), Yale Law School
Thesis Topic
- How Much “Favor”?: Toward an Application of a Most-Favored-Nation Clause to Dispute Settlement in Contemporary International Investment Law
Work Experience
- Director, International Law Center, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
- Guest Speaker, Legal Opinion and Translation Section, Foreign Law Bureau, Office of the Council of State
- Member, Committee on Law Dictionary Preparation, Office of the Royal Society
- Senior Editor, Yale Journal of International Law
- Tutor, Center for Language Study, Yale University
- Secretary and Member, Organizing Committee of the Fifth Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law
- Secretary, Advisory Board to the Committee for Implementation of the Recommendations on Rakhine State
- Member, Executive Council, Asian Society of International Law
- Panelist, “The Secessionist Movement in the Southernmost Provinces of Thailand: A View from the New Haven School of International Law,” Third International Conference on the New Haven School—“Contemporary Legal Problems from a New Haven Perspective,” City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Panelist, “The Full Protection and Security Standard in International Investment Law: What and Who Is Investment Fully[?] Protected and Secured from?,” Ninth International Conference on the New Haven School of Jurisprudence, Zhejiang University Guanghua Law School, Deqing & Hangzhou, China
- Co-Chair, LL.M. and J.S.D. Outreach, Yale Forum on International Law
- Chair, Panel on Good Governance and Transparency from an International Law Perspective, International Conference on Good Governance and Transparency in Public and Private Sectors, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
- Chair, Panel on Investor Protection Principles and Investor’s Obligations in Investment Treaties, Sixth Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Chair, Panel on International Economic Law: Mechanisms in the Asian Experience, Seventh Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, Quezon City, Philippines
- Howard M. Holtzmann Fellow in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Yale Law School
- Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge
Areas of Interest
- Public International Law
- International Investment Law
- International Economic Law
- International Dispute Settlement
Courses Taught
- Public International Law
- International Economic Law
- International Investment Law
- Settlement of Commercial Disputes and Arbitration
Publications
Book & Book Chapter :
In English
- “Prohibition of Abuse of Rights in Corporate Restructuring: Another Unruly Horse in Investment Treaty Arbitration?,” In Arbitration Beyond Borders: Essays in Memory of Guillermo Aguilar Alvarez, edited by W. Michael Reisman and Nigel Blackaby. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, forthcoming 2021 (coauthor).
- “The Decision on Jurisdiction in Tokios Tokeles v. Ukraine.” InThe Reasons Requirement in International Investment Arbitration: Critical Case Studies, edited by Guillermo Aguilar Alvarez and W. Michael Reisman, 191-210. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.
In Thai
- Standards of Treatment in International Law (Thammasat University Press, 2021).
- Fundamentals of International Investment Law and the Making of International Investments(Thammasat University Press, 2019).
- Introduction to International Economic Law(October Press, 2016)
Article:
In English
- “The Full Protection and Security Standard in International Investment Law: What and Who Is Investment Fully[?] Protected and Secured from?” American University Business Law Review7, no. 1 (2018): 1-100.
- “Public Policy in International Investment Law: The Confluence of the Three Unruly Horses.” Texas International Law Journal51, no. 1 (Summer 2016): 45-117.
- “The Secessionist Movement in the Southernmost Provinces of Thailand: A View from the New Haven School of International Law.” Asia Pacific Law Review20, no. 2 (2012): 233-55.
- “An MFN Clause and BIT Dispute Settlement: A Host State’s Implied Consent to Arbitration by Reference.” UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs15, no. 2 (Fall 2010): 399-528.
- “The Trilogy of Secession, Self-Determination, and Recognition in Contemporary International Law (Part II).” Thammasat Law Journal38, no. 4 (2009): 394-429.
- “The Trilogy of Secession, Self-Determination, and Recognition in Contemporary International Law (Part I).” Thammasat Law Journal38, no. 3 (2009): 244-71.
In Thai
- “Circumventing Discriminatory Procedural Requirements by Virtue of MFN Clauses in International Investment Arbitration: A View from Daimler v. Argentina.” Thammasat Law Journal41, no. 4 (2012): 753-87.
- “The Status of Individuals in International Law: Static or Dynamic Legal Standing.” Thammasat Law Journal40, no. 4 (2011): 847-68.
Book Review:
- Review of Surya P. Subedi’s International Investment Law: Reconciling Policy and Principle, Asian journal of International Law (forthcoming).
- Review of Gary Born’s International Arbitration: Law and Practice, Asian Journal of International Law8, no. 2 (July 2018): 494-95.
- Review of Guiguo Wang’s International Investment Law: A Chinese Perspective, Asian Journal of International Law6, no. 2 (July 2016): 388-89.
Awards
- Student Marshal for Yale Law School at the Three Hundred Ninth Commencement Ceremony
- Awarded the Howard M. Holtzmann Fellowship in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution by Yale Law School
- Awarded a full scholarship to study in the United States by the Royal Thai Government