Forthcoming Series in Brill Research Perspectives

Editors-in-Chief: 

Armin J. Kammel, Danube University Krems; California Lutheran University

Sandra Annette Booysen, National University of Singapore

Christian A. Johnson, University of Utah

Associate Editors:
Douglas W. Arner, The University of Hong Kong
Mehrsa Baradaran, The University of Georgia
Clare Chambers-Jones, University of the West of England, Bristol Law School
Christopher CHEN Chao-hung, Singapore Management University
Attila K. Csongrady, Allen & Overy LLP
Julie A. Hill, The University of Alabama
Alexander F.H. Loke, City University of Hong Kong
Ruth Plato-Shinar, Netanya Academic College

International Banking and Securities Law will address legal and regulatory developments in the area of banking and securities law from both international and interdisciplinary perspectives. It will advance scholarship in this complex area of law and will be of interest to academics, practitioners, and policy makers. The series will focus not only on regional developments relating to banking and finance but also on multilateral and international arrangements. Recurrent themes will include (but not be limited to) studies and analysis of the international financial architecture as well as aspects of market infrastructure, the protection of consumers in the financial sector, and specifics of banking, securities markets, and mutual fund regulation.

Editors-in-Chief: 

Ian A. Laird, Crowell & Moring; Columbia University Georgetown University; International Law Institute

Borzu Sabahi, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP; Columbia University; Georgetown University; International Law Institute

Advisory Board
Brooks W. Daly, Permanent Court of Arbitration
Rudolf Dolzer, University of Bonn
Mark Kantor, Independent arbitrator; Georgetown University
Joongi Kim, Yonsei Law School
Hege Elisabeth Kjos, University of Amsterdam
Andrea Menaker, White & Case LLP
Antonio R. Parra, The World Bank
Frédéric G. Sourgens, Washburn University School of Law
Sylvie Tabet, Trade Law Bureau, Government of Canada
Todd Weiler, Independent counsel, consultant, expert, and arbritrator
Anne Marie Whitesell, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center

Associate Editors:
Paul Barker, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Nicholas J. Birch, Stewart and Stewart
Kabir Duggal, Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP; Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School
John Laird, Crowell & Moring
Diora M. Ziyaeva, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

International Investment Law and Arbitration provides a systematic review of key topics in this increasingly important area of international law and practice. Foreign investment (particularly FDI) continues to be a catalyst for development. To promote and protect the flow of such investments, countries worldwide have entered into thousands of investment treaties and domestic investment laws, which requires them to protect foreign investment in their territories. These treaties also allow foreign investors to directly sue governments before international arbitration tribunals for treaty violations ranging from old-fashioned “expropriation without compensation” to violations of more modern protections such as the so-called “fair and equitable” standard of treatment. The claims raise a mix of public international law, private and public law, and public policy issues requiring an examination of the legitimacy of a government’s exercise of its core functions including regulatory (involving taxation, health, and environment), administrative, and police powers and the balance of those against foreign investors’ rights under the treaties. This series will address these issues and aim to provide an authoritative reference guide for scholars and practitioners.

Editor-in-Chief: Tat-siong Benny Liew, College of the Holy Cross

Fields of study that the journal will cover includes, but are not limited to, the following:

• Anthropological studies
• Affect studies
• Animal studies
• Classical studies
• Contextual studies
• Cultural studies
• Diasporic studies
• Ecological studies
• Feminist studies
• Genocide studies
• Global studies
• Historical studies
• Identity studies
• Ideological studies
• Legal studies
• Linguistic studies
• Literary studies
• Marxist studies
• Masculinity studies
• Migration studies
• Philosophical studies
• Postcolonial studies/Empire critical studies
• Postmodern studies
• Poststructuralist studies
• Psychological/psychoanalytical studies
• Queer studies
• Racial/Ethnic studies
• Reception studies
• Religious studies/Critical Studies of Religion
• Rhetorical studies
• Semiotic studies
• Sociological studies
• Spatial studies
• Theological studies
• Translation studies
• Visual art studies

Editor-in-Chief: Corneliu Bjola, University of Oxford

Associate Editors:
Wilfried Bolewski, American Graduate School in Paris
Marcus Holmes, College of William & Mary
Stuart Murray, Bond University

Diplomacy and Foreign Policy provides an open forum for reference publication, critical analysis and cutting-edge research on contemporary issues of diplomacy and foreign policy. By emphasizing theory-practice integration, multidisciplinarity, and accessibility of content, the journal positions itself at the center of conceptual debates that frame the theory, practice, and transformation of 21st century diplomatic relations. Published in four issues per year, the journal promotes creative, problem-solving approaches for the management of peaceful change in transnational affairs as a contribution to global governance. Each issue includes a focused monograph of between 20,000-40,000 words (50-100 pages) presenting the state of the art in a specific diplomatic area in close combination with critical analysis, research, and policy implications. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy’s primary readership includes diplomatic scholars, international relations analysts, graduate and undergraduate students of international affairs, foreign policy decision-makers, international NGOs, practitioners, and educators in diplomatic academies.

Editors-in-Chief: Tej K. Bhatia and William C. Ritchie, Syracuse University

Editorial Board
Jubin Abutalebi, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan
Kees de Bot, University of Groningen
David Birdsong, University of Texas, Austin
Jean-Marc Dewaele, University of London, Birkbeck College
Albert Costa, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Suzanne Flynn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Susan Gass, Michigan State University
Howard Giles, University of California, Santa Barbara
Annette de Groot, University of Amsterdam
Michael H. Long, University of Maryland
Jeff MacSwan,  University of Maryland
Pieter Muysken, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Suzanne Romaine, University of Oxford
Bernard Spolsky, University of Maryland

Brill Research Perspectives in Multilingualism and Second Language Acquisition provide in-depth and authoritative surveys of key topics within these disciplines. The articles are written by leading scholars in the field who have been invited to contribute and not only give an overview of the field but also their own unique perspective on it. References are hyperlinked to the original sources where possible, giving scholars the opportunity to stay on stop of the literature or reading up on a subject quickly. Brill Research Perspectives on Multilingualism and Second Language Acquisition publishes survey articles and position papers in the following subjects:

• Age (Maturation) and Aging (Attrition)
• Aphasia & Multilingualism
• Basic Research & Language Pedagogy
• Bilingualism/Multilingualism
• Child  & Adult Second Language Acquisition
• Cognition & Consequences
• Forensics
• Individual Differences
• Language Contact
• Language Impairment
• Language Mixing & Hybrid Systems
• Language Processing (e.g. sentence & concept)
• Language Variation
• Learner types (e.g. Heritage; Non-Native)
• Literacy
• Mental Health
• Memory
• Motivation & Attitude
• Neurology & Neuropsychology (e.g. Brain Imaging Techniques)
• Phonology (e.g. accents), Morphology, Syntax; Pragmatics and SLA
• Research Methodology
• Sign Language
• Social Identity
• Social Media and Social Networks
• Theoretical Frameworks (e.g. Generative; Cognitive Linguistic; Emergentist; Information Processing; Sociolinguistic)
• Third Language Acquisition
• Thinking and Multilingual Competence

Editor-in-Chief: David Horton Smith, Boston College

The quarterly issues of the Voluntaristics Review will focus on various aspects of Voluntaristics as an international and interdisciplinary field and as an emerging academic discipline. Included will be review articles on special topics related to the nonprofit sector, voluntary sector, third sector, civil society (sector), social economy, solidarity economy, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social investment, solidarity, philanthropy, giving, grants economy, foundations, volunteering (both formal and informal), civic engagement, community engagement, engagement, citizen participation, participation, nonprofit, not-for-profit, nonprofit organizations (NPOs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), voluntary associations, associations, sodalities, self-help groups, mutual aid groups, support groups, interest groups, pressure groups, cooperatives, nonprofit agencies, civil liberties, democracy, democratization, social movements, social protest, and mobilization, among other topics.

One main target audience for the Voluntaristics Review will be scholars in the field of Voluntaristics worldwide. In addition, most issues will also appeal to academics and researchers in specific social-behavioral science disciplines, like anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and psychology. Issues may also appeal to academics and researchers in Area Studies (e.g., Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, African Studies, etc.), the social professions (social work, management, public administration, law, education), and history. University and college libraries and the libraries of research institutes and centers will also constitute a major market.

About the Editor-in-Chief: David Horton Smith, Research and Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Boston College; Founder (in 2010), President and CEO of the International Council of Voluntarism, Civil Society, and Social Economy Researcher Associations; and  Founder (in 1971) and first President of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action

Editor-in-Chief: Salman M.A. Salman

Associate Editors:
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, University of Geneva
Lilian del Castillo-Laborde, University of Buenos Aires
Gabriel Eckstein, Texas A&M University
Makane Moïse Mbengue, University of Geneva
Alistair Rieu-Clarke, University of Dundee
Kishor Uprety, International Lawyer and Researcher

Brill Research Perspectives, International Water Law is a hybrid journal and reference publication for research output on shared freshwater resources. Population growth, economic activities, environmental degradation, and climate change have exacerbated competition and ignited disputes over water resources (both surface water and groundwater) shared by two or more states.  The entry into force of the United Nations Watercourses Convention has refocused the attention of the world community on shared water resources and underscored the pressing need for their equitable and sustainable sharing, inclusive and proper management, and environmental protection. Each issue comprises a single, uniquely focused monograph that explores these aspects and addresses international, regional, and bilateral agreements and arrangements as well as thematic matters related to shared water resources. The journal’s target contributors and readers include international water law professors, researchers, practitioners, and graduate and undergraduate students.