Professor Antonio Marzal

  • Professor of Law (School of Law)

email: Antonio.Marzal@glasgow.ac.uk

5-9 The Square, Stair Building, University of Glasgow, School of Law, Glasgow G12 8QQ

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Biography

Toni Marzal is a Professor of Law. He joined the School of Law in 2018. 

Previously he was a Lecturer (maître de conférences) at the Sorbonne Law School in Paris (2015-2018), where he directed the double degree in French and Spanish law in collaboration with the Complutense University in Madrid, and taught as an external lecturer at Sciences Po Law School. He was also a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence (2014-2015)

From 2012 to 2014, he practised as an associate lawyer in international arbitration in a law firm based in Paris.

Toni obtained an LLB and a master's in jurisprudence from ESADE Law School in Barcelona (2007), and a master's in private international law and international commerce from the Sorbonne (2008). He defended his PhD at the Sorbonne in October 2013. During his doctoral studies, he was a visiting researcher at Harvard (2011-2012) and Columbia Law Schools (2010).

His work has received a number of awards and recognitions. His PhD, subsequently published as a book in French by LGDJ, obtained three different prizes: the André Isoré grand award of the Chancellerie des Universités de Paris in Private Law, the Pierre-Henri Teitgen award in European Law, and the Institut Universitaire Varenne award in European Law. For his work on the relationship between law and valuation, he received in 2022 a Leverhulme Research Fellowship. For his essay in Spanish on the calculation of compensation in investment disputes, he was selected in 2020 as one of the awardees of the I edition of the Guillermo Aguilar Álvarez prize in international arbitration. And for his article comparing valuation regimes, he was granted the John H. Jackson prize for the article published in 2024 in the Journal of International Economic law that 'most significantly breaks new ground and adds new insights to the study and understanding of international economic law'.

Toni was a visiting scholar in Mexico City in August 2019 at the IIJ-UNAM (Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), and at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona during the fall semester of 2021.

Research interests

Toni's research focuses on the following areas:

  • International investment law & international arbitration
  • EU constitutional law
  • Comparative law & comparative legal theory
  • Private international law
  • International economic law
  • Contracts and torts
  • Legal reasoning

His most recent research addresses:

  • The relationship between law and valuation
  • The calculation of compensation in investor-State arbitration
  • The autonomy of international arbitration
  • The spatialiality and external boundaries of EU law
  • Legal struggles around housing in European tourist destinations
  • The legal culture of European integration

Publications

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Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2010
Number of items: 30.

2024

Marzal, Toni (2024) Les quatre incarnations de la confiance mutuelle (dans le contexte de la coopération judiciaire en matière civile et commerciale). In: Castellarin, Emanuel, Farnoux, Etienne and Fulli-Lemaire, Samuel (eds.) La confiance mutuelle dans l’Espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice: crise(s) et perspectives. Bruylant. ISBN 9782802773504 (In Press)

Marzal, Toni (2024) Conjuring markets: valuation in comparative international economic law. Journal of International Economic Law, 27(2), pp. 353-370. (doi: 10.1093/jiel/jgae021)

Marzal, Toni (2024) The autonomy of international arbitration revisited. Indian Journal of Arbitration Law, 12(1), pp. 1-20.

Marzal, Toni (2024) The territorial reach of European Union law: a private international law enquiry into the European Union's spatial identity. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 73(1), pp. 29-63. (doi: 10.1017/S0020589323000465)

Marzal, Toni and Pavlakos, George ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3338-0858 (2024) A relations-first approach to choice of law. In: Banu, Roxana, Green, Michael S. and Michaels, Ralf (eds.) Philosophical Foundations of Private International Law,. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 346-368. ISBN 9780192858771 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192858771.003.0017)

2023

Marzal, Toni (2023) Between integration and the rule of law: EU law’s culture of lawful messianism. German Law Journal, 24(4), pp. 718-734. (doi: 10.1017/glj.2023.43)

Marzal, Toni (2023) De la lex mercatoria à la lex financiera: le raisonnement arbitral face à l’évaluation des dommages. Revue de l'Arbitrage, 2023(2), pp. 327-354.

Marzal, Toni (2023) Critique of valuation in the calculation of damages in ISDS: between law, finance and politics. In: Feichtner, I. and Gordon, G. (eds.) Constitutions of Value: Law, Governance, and Political Ecology. Routledge. ISBN 9781032118659

Antón, Ricardo García and Marzal, Toni (2023) Proportionality and the fight against international tax abuse: comparative analysis of judicial review in EU, international investment and WTO law. Asia Pacific Law Review, 31(1), pp. 253-267. (doi: 10.1080/10192557.2022.2102592)

2022

Marzal, T. (2022) El abuso del método DCF: reflexiones críticas sobre la cuantificación de daños en el arbitraje de inversión. In: Ensayos sobre arbitraje comercial y de inversión. Premio Guillermo Aguilar Álvarez. Tirant lo Blanch: Valencia. ISBN 9788413977225

2021

Marzal, T. (2021) Le forum delicti à l’épreuve du Dieselgate. Revue Critique de Droit International Prive, 2021(4), pp. 872-886.

Marzal, Toni (2021) Quantum (in)justice: rethinking the calculation of compensation and damages in ISDS. Journal of World Investment and Trade, 22(2), pp. 249-312. (doi: 10.1163/22119000-12340209)

2020

Marzal, T. (2020) Katharina Pistor, The Code of Capital. How Law Creates Wealth and Inequality. Revue Critique de Droit International Prive, 2020(1), pp. 188-192. [Book Review]

Marzal, T. (2020) Les transferts économiques: sur les disparités entre la pensée économique et l’interprétation juridique. In: Muir Watt, Horatia, Biziková, Lucia, de Oliveira, Agatha Brandão, Arroyo, Diego P. Fernández and Ma, Megan (eds.) Le tournant global en droit international privé. Éditions A. Pedone: Paris, pp. 435-436.

Marzal, T. (2020) Making sense of the use of proportionality in the Bunderverfassunsgericht’s PSPP decision. Revue des Affaires Européennes, 2020(2), pp. 441-452.

2019

Marzal, Toni (2019) L'État de droit et les valeurs du droit de l’Union européenne dans le débat sur l’indépendance de la Catalogne. Revue des Affaires Européennes, 2018(3), pp. 467-481.

Marzal, Toni (2019) Le droit constitutionnel à la protection juridictionnelle effective comme garantie de l’application du droit de l’Union. Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Européen, 2019(1), pp. 205-210.

Marzal, Toni (2019) Insider trading and economic transplants: the Lafonta case. In: Muir Watt, H. and Fernández-Arroyo, D. (eds.) Global Private International Law: Adjudicating Without Frontiers. Edward Elgar, pp. 361-370. ISBN 9781788119221

Marzal, Toni (2019) Le champ d’application territorial du droit de l’Union européenne. In: Clement-Wilz, L. (ed.) Le rôle politique de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne. Bruylant, pp. 101-120. ISBN 9782802761488

Marzal, T. (2019) Le tournant de la proportionnalité: mythes et réalités. In: Réformer la Cour de cassation - le projet de réforme en débat : Actes du colloque du 11 avril 2019. IRJS Editions, pp. 95-106. ISBN 9782919211968

2018

Marzal, Toni (2018) Anthea Roberts, Is International Law International? Revue Critique de Droit International Privé(4), pp. 1025-1029. [Book Review]

Marzal, Toni (2018) Droit compare et territorialite du droit, Cycle de conferences du Conseil d'Etat. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé(2), pp. 380-383. [Book Review]

Marzal, Toni (2018) David W. Kennedy, A World of Struggle. How Power, Law and Expertise Shape Global Political Economy. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé(1), pp. 167-169. [Book Review]

2017

Marzal, Toni (2017) From Hercules to Pareto: Of bathos, proportionality, and EU law. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 15(3), pp. 621-648. (doi: 10.1093/icon/mox055)

Marzal, Tonio (2017) La Cour de cassation à 'l'âge de la balance'. Analyse critique et comparative de la proportionnalité comme forme de raisonnement. Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Civil(4), pp. 789-810.

Marzal, Toni (2017) Apariencia, realidad y destino de la jurisprudencia social de TJUE : el caso de las libertades comunitarias. In: Gutiérrez Velasco, I. (ed.) El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea ante el espejo. Tirant lo Blanch: Valencia, pp. 13-36. ISBN 9788491434429

2016

Marzal, T. (2016) Case note on Cour Cassation, Civ. 1ère, 16 avril 2015, nº 13-27690. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 10(4), pp. 868-879.

2015

Marzal, T. (2015) La cosmologie juridique de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne illuminée par le droit international privé. Archives de philosophie du droit, 58, pp. 267-279.

2014

Marzal, Toni (2014) La dynamique du principe de proportionnalité: essai dans le contexte des libertés de circulation du droit de l'Union européenne. Institut universitaire Varenne. ISBN 9782370320322

2010

Marzal, Toni (2010) The constitutionalisation of party autonomy in European family law. Journal of Private International Law, 6(1), pp. 155-193. (doi: 10.1080/17536235.2010.11424376)

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Number of items: 30.

Articles

Marzal, Toni (2024) Conjuring markets: valuation in comparative international economic law. Journal of International Economic Law, 27(2), pp. 353-370. (doi: 10.1093/jiel/jgae021)

Marzal, Toni (2024) The autonomy of international arbitration revisited. Indian Journal of Arbitration Law, 12(1), pp. 1-20.

Marzal, Toni (2024) The territorial reach of European Union law: a private international law enquiry into the European Union's spatial identity. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 73(1), pp. 29-63. (doi: 10.1017/S0020589323000465)

Marzal, Toni (2023) Between integration and the rule of law: EU law’s culture of lawful messianism. German Law Journal, 24(4), pp. 718-734. (doi: 10.1017/glj.2023.43)

Marzal, Toni (2023) De la lex mercatoria à la lex financiera: le raisonnement arbitral face à l’évaluation des dommages. Revue de l'Arbitrage, 2023(2), pp. 327-354.

Antón, Ricardo García and Marzal, Toni (2023) Proportionality and the fight against international tax abuse: comparative analysis of judicial review in EU, international investment and WTO law. Asia Pacific Law Review, 31(1), pp. 253-267. (doi: 10.1080/10192557.2022.2102592)

Marzal, T. (2021) Le forum delicti à l’épreuve du Dieselgate. Revue Critique de Droit International Prive, 2021(4), pp. 872-886.

Marzal, Toni (2021) Quantum (in)justice: rethinking the calculation of compensation and damages in ISDS. Journal of World Investment and Trade, 22(2), pp. 249-312. (doi: 10.1163/22119000-12340209)

Marzal, T. (2020) Making sense of the use of proportionality in the Bunderverfassunsgericht’s PSPP decision. Revue des Affaires Européennes, 2020(2), pp. 441-452.

Marzal, Toni (2019) L'État de droit et les valeurs du droit de l’Union européenne dans le débat sur l’indépendance de la Catalogne. Revue des Affaires Européennes, 2018(3), pp. 467-481.

Marzal, Toni (2019) Le droit constitutionnel à la protection juridictionnelle effective comme garantie de l’application du droit de l’Union. Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Européen, 2019(1), pp. 205-210.

Marzal, Toni (2017) From Hercules to Pareto: Of bathos, proportionality, and EU law. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 15(3), pp. 621-648. (doi: 10.1093/icon/mox055)

Marzal, Tonio (2017) La Cour de cassation à 'l'âge de la balance'. Analyse critique et comparative de la proportionnalité comme forme de raisonnement. Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Civil(4), pp. 789-810.

Marzal, T. (2016) Case note on Cour Cassation, Civ. 1ère, 16 avril 2015, nº 13-27690. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé, 10(4), pp. 868-879.

Marzal, T. (2015) La cosmologie juridique de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne illuminée par le droit international privé. Archives de philosophie du droit, 58, pp. 267-279.

Marzal, Toni (2010) The constitutionalisation of party autonomy in European family law. Journal of Private International Law, 6(1), pp. 155-193. (doi: 10.1080/17536235.2010.11424376)

Books

Marzal, Toni (2014) La dynamique du principe de proportionnalité: essai dans le contexte des libertés de circulation du droit de l'Union européenne. Institut universitaire Varenne. ISBN 9782370320322

Book Sections

Marzal, Toni (2024) Les quatre incarnations de la confiance mutuelle (dans le contexte de la coopération judiciaire en matière civile et commerciale). In: Castellarin, Emanuel, Farnoux, Etienne and Fulli-Lemaire, Samuel (eds.) La confiance mutuelle dans l’Espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice: crise(s) et perspectives. Bruylant. ISBN 9782802773504 (In Press)

Marzal, Toni and Pavlakos, George ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3338-0858 (2024) A relations-first approach to choice of law. In: Banu, Roxana, Green, Michael S. and Michaels, Ralf (eds.) Philosophical Foundations of Private International Law,. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 346-368. ISBN 9780192858771 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192858771.003.0017)

Marzal, Toni (2023) Critique of valuation in the calculation of damages in ISDS: between law, finance and politics. In: Feichtner, I. and Gordon, G. (eds.) Constitutions of Value: Law, Governance, and Political Ecology. Routledge. ISBN 9781032118659

Marzal, T. (2022) El abuso del método DCF: reflexiones críticas sobre la cuantificación de daños en el arbitraje de inversión. In: Ensayos sobre arbitraje comercial y de inversión. Premio Guillermo Aguilar Álvarez. Tirant lo Blanch: Valencia. ISBN 9788413977225

Marzal, T. (2020) Les transferts économiques: sur les disparités entre la pensée économique et l’interprétation juridique. In: Muir Watt, Horatia, Biziková, Lucia, de Oliveira, Agatha Brandão, Arroyo, Diego P. Fernández and Ma, Megan (eds.) Le tournant global en droit international privé. Éditions A. Pedone: Paris, pp. 435-436.

Marzal, Toni (2019) Insider trading and economic transplants: the Lafonta case. In: Muir Watt, H. and Fernández-Arroyo, D. (eds.) Global Private International Law: Adjudicating Without Frontiers. Edward Elgar, pp. 361-370. ISBN 9781788119221

Marzal, Toni (2019) Le champ d’application territorial du droit de l’Union européenne. In: Clement-Wilz, L. (ed.) Le rôle politique de la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne. Bruylant, pp. 101-120. ISBN 9782802761488

Marzal, T. (2019) Le tournant de la proportionnalité: mythes et réalités. In: Réformer la Cour de cassation - le projet de réforme en débat : Actes du colloque du 11 avril 2019. IRJS Editions, pp. 95-106. ISBN 9782919211968

Marzal, Toni (2017) Apariencia, realidad y destino de la jurisprudencia social de TJUE : el caso de las libertades comunitarias. In: Gutiérrez Velasco, I. (ed.) El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea ante el espejo. Tirant lo Blanch: Valencia, pp. 13-36. ISBN 9788491434429

Book Reviews

Marzal, T. (2020) Katharina Pistor, The Code of Capital. How Law Creates Wealth and Inequality. Revue Critique de Droit International Prive, 2020(1), pp. 188-192. [Book Review]

Marzal, Toni (2018) Anthea Roberts, Is International Law International? Revue Critique de Droit International Privé(4), pp. 1025-1029. [Book Review]

Marzal, Toni (2018) Droit compare et territorialite du droit, Cycle de conferences du Conseil d'Etat. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé(2), pp. 380-383. [Book Review]

Marzal, Toni (2018) David W. Kennedy, A World of Struggle. How Power, Law and Expertise Shape Global Political Economy. Revue Critique de Droit International Privé(1), pp. 167-169. [Book Review]

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Grants

Received the following grants / participated in the following funded projects:

  • Leverhulme Research Fellowship (£59,866), to fund a research project entitled: 'The law and politics of valuation' (November 2022 - December 2023), 
  • Modern Law Review seminar grant (£5,000), to organise a workshop on: 'The law of fair profits' (2024)   
  • Co-investigator in the research project 'Exploring European Society', funded by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Law and the European University Institute (2023-2025): https://www.mpil.de/en/pub/research/areas/european-law/exploring-european-society.cfm
  • Co-investigator in the research project 'FOLIE: Forms of Life and Integration in Europe', funded by ComUE Sorbonne Paris Cité (2016-2018): https://www.sciencespo.fr/folie/homepage.html

 

Supervision

Toni welcomes PhD proposals that fit within any of the fields and preoccupations covered by his research. 

Current students:

  • Hassan, Khaled - The Parameters of Arbitrators’ Civil Liability
  • Hu, Ranjuexiao
    The Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunal in International Investment Disputes Involving Corruption

Past students:

  • Bennett-Robinson, Karyll - International Investment Law and Natural Disasters
  • Mak, Charles - Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Towards a Unified International Legal Framework?
  • Wang, Xi - A Comparative Analysis of The Status of SOEs in Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), State Immunity, and WTO Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties

Teaching

Toni's teaching includes:

  • Contracts
  • Torts
  • Common law system and method
  • EU law
  • International private law and commercial litigation
  • Comparative law
  • International arbitration

Additional information

Author of the following blog posts / op-eds:

Reviews editor for the Revue critique de droit international privé (2018-2022)

Co-director of documentary film “Transgression”, on the rights of transgender people in the US immigrant detention system. Produced by the Harvard Law Documentary Studio. Awarded 3rd place at the Fordham 2012 FOLCS Short Film Competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tk0v9mZlEQ