Ms Eleni Methymaki

  • Lecturer in International Law (Law)

email: Eleni.Methymaki@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

Sir Alexander Stone Building, 16 University Gardens, G12 8QL

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4374-4339

Biography

Eleni Methymaki joined the Law School in 2024 as Lecturer in International Law. Previously, she was Departmental Lecturer in Public International Law at the Oxford Law Faculty (2022–2023), Research Associate at the Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (2021-2022), and Research Associate for International Law at the University of Glasgow (2016-2018). She has also taught international law subjects at various Oxford colleges, at Queen Mary University of London, at the University of Tartu, and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy in Uzbekistan, and has ample experience in executive education.

Eleni is also currently finalising her DPhil thesis at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, her research focusing on the role of domestic law in international adjudication. Her doctoral studies were generously funded through an Oxford University Law Foundation scholarship. She has studied law at the University of Cambridge (LL.M., first class), University of Glasgow (LL.M. res., dist.), the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (LL.B., dist.; LL.M. in International Legal Studies, dist.), and Freie Universität Berlin.

Eleni has published on a range of international law topics, including international inspections, the relationship of international and domestic law, sanctions, immunities, and international investment law, and has edited the 3rd edition of The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary (OUP 2019), amongst others. Since 2016, Eleni has joint responsibility for the UK Materials in International Law (UKMIL) of the British Yearbook of International Law. She was previously an editor of the (then) Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law.

Beyond academia, Eleni is experienced in advising states, international organizations, and private parties on international law matters and dispute resolution before domestic and international courts, including the International Court of Justice. She is a Greek qualified lawyer, and has previously practised law in the in-house litigation team of a private corporation in Athens (Greece), in the fields of criminal, labour, and corporate law.

Research interests

Eleni's primary area of research is International Law, with particular interests in international dispute settlement, and the international-domestic interface. In addition to that, her research interests include practices of international ordering, international law compliance and enforcement, including international inspections and sanctions, the theory and history of international law, law of the sea, international economic law, global security, and international human rights law.

 

Publications

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Jump to: 2024 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | 2016
Number of items: 17.

2024

Nollkaemper, A., Shany, Y., Tzanakopoulos, A. and Methymaki, E. (Eds.) (2024) The Engagement of Domestic Courts with International Law: Comparative Perspectives. Series: International Law and Domestic Legal Orders. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192864185

Methymaki, E. and Tzanakopoulos, A. (2024) ‘Amp up and amplify: defy!’ engagement of domestic courts with international sanctions. In: Nollkaemper, André, Shany, Yuval, Tzanakopoulos, Antonios and Methymaki, Eleni (eds.) The Engagement of Domestic Courts with International Law: Comparative Perspectives. Series: International Law and Domestic Legal Orders. Oxford University Press, pp. 349-370. ISBN 9780192864185 (doi: 10.1093/law/9780192864185.003.0018)

2022

Methymaki, E. (2022) Annex: International Inspections Systems. In: Chaumette, Anne-Laure and Tams, Christian J. (eds.) International Inspections/Les inspections internationales. Series: Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations Series (24). Brill. ISBN 9789004522541

Methymaki, E. (2022) Thinking beyond international adjudication: inspections as instruments of order production in the international system. Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 21(3), pp. 520-545. (doi: 10.1163/15718034-12341489)

Tams, C. J. and Methymaki, E. (2022) The world court's influence on contemporary investment law. In: Ruiz Fabri, Hélène and Stoppioni, Edoardo (eds.) International Investment Law: An Analysis of the Major Decisions. Series: Studies in international trade and investment law (27). Edward Elgar: Oxford ; London ; New York ; New Delhi ; Sydney, pp. 37-58. ISBN 9781509929047 (doi: 10.5040/9781509929078.ch-004)

2021

Methymaki, E. (2021) Rethinking the domestic and the international through Imogen Saunders’ “general principles as a source of international law”. [Website]

Methymaki, E. (2021) Declaration under security council resolution 9 (1946). In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro]. Series: Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]. Oxford PUblic INternational Law.

Geiss, R., Melzer, N., Devaney, J. and Methymaki, E. (Eds.) (2021) The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of Global Security. Series: Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198827276

Methymaki, E. and Ozcelik, A. (2021) Europe. In: Geiss, Robin and Melzer, Nils (eds.) Oxford Handbook on the International Law of Global Security. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198827276 (doi: 10.1093/law/9780198827276.003.0048)

2020

Methymaki, E. and Tams, C. (2020) Immunities and compromissory clauses: making sense of Enrica Lexie (Part I). [Website]

Methymaki, E. and Tams, C. (2020) Immunities and compromissory clauses: making sense of Enrica Lexie (Part II). [Website]

Methymaki, E. and Tzanakopoulos, A. (2020) Freedom with their exception: jurisdiction and immunity as rule and exception. In: Bartels, Lorand and Paddeu, Federica (eds.) Exceptions in International Law. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 225-241. ISBN 9780198789321 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198789321.003.0012)

Methymaki, E. (2020) Irmgard Marboe, Calculation of Compensation and Damages in International Investment Law, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2017, ISBN 9780198749936. In: Bungenberg, Marc, Krajewski, Markus, Tams, Christian J., Terhechte, Jörg Philipp and Ziegler, Andreas R. (eds.) European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2019. Series: European Yearbook of International Economic Law (10). Springer: Cham, pp. 435-438. ISBN 9783030224844 (doi: 10.1007/8165_2019_34)

2019

Apostolaki, M., Methymaki, E. , Musto, C. and Tzanakopoulos, A. (2019) United Kingdom materials on international law 2016. British Yearbook of International Law, 87(1), pp. 361-746. (doi: 10.1093/bybil/bry027)

Aznar-Gómez, M. J. and Methymaki, E. (2019) Article 2. In: Zimmerman, Andreas, Tams, Christian J., Oellers-Frahm, Karin and Tomuschat, Christian (eds.) The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary (3rd Edition). Series: Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 289-306. ISBN 9780198814894 (doi: doi10.1093/law/9780198814894.003.0013)

2017

Tzanakopoulos, A. and Methymaki, E. (2017) Sources and the enforcement of international law: domestic courts—another brick in the wall? In: Besson, Samantha and d’Aspremont, Jean (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Sources of International Law. Series: Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law. Oxford University Press, pp. 812-832. ISBN 9780198745365 (doi: 10.1093/law/9780198745365.003.0039)

2016

Methymaki, E. and Tzanakopoulos, A. (2016) Masters of puppets? reassertion of control through joint investment treaty interpretation. In: Kullick, Andreas (ed.) Reassertion of Control over the Investment Treaty Regime. Cambridge University Press, pp. 155-181. ISBN 9781107172654 (doi: 10.1017/9781316779286.008)

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Number of items: 17.

Articles

Methymaki, E. (2022) Thinking beyond international adjudication: inspections as instruments of order production in the international system. Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 21(3), pp. 520-545. (doi: 10.1163/15718034-12341489)

Apostolaki, M., Methymaki, E. , Musto, C. and Tzanakopoulos, A. (2019) United Kingdom materials on international law 2016. British Yearbook of International Law, 87(1), pp. 361-746. (doi: 10.1093/bybil/bry027)

Book Sections

Methymaki, E. and Tzanakopoulos, A. (2024) ‘Amp up and amplify: defy!’ engagement of domestic courts with international sanctions. In: Nollkaemper, André, Shany, Yuval, Tzanakopoulos, Antonios and Methymaki, Eleni (eds.) The Engagement of Domestic Courts with International Law: Comparative Perspectives. Series: International Law and Domestic Legal Orders. Oxford University Press, pp. 349-370. ISBN 9780192864185 (doi: 10.1093/law/9780192864185.003.0018)

Methymaki, E. (2022) Annex: International Inspections Systems. In: Chaumette, Anne-Laure and Tams, Christian J. (eds.) International Inspections/Les inspections internationales. Series: Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations Series (24). Brill. ISBN 9789004522541

Tams, C. J. and Methymaki, E. (2022) The world court's influence on contemporary investment law. In: Ruiz Fabri, Hélène and Stoppioni, Edoardo (eds.) International Investment Law: An Analysis of the Major Decisions. Series: Studies in international trade and investment law (27). Edward Elgar: Oxford ; London ; New York ; New Delhi ; Sydney, pp. 37-58. ISBN 9781509929047 (doi: 10.5040/9781509929078.ch-004)

Methymaki, E. (2021) Declaration under security council resolution 9 (1946). In: Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro]. Series: Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]. Oxford PUblic INternational Law.

Methymaki, E. and Ozcelik, A. (2021) Europe. In: Geiss, Robin and Melzer, Nils (eds.) Oxford Handbook on the International Law of Global Security. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198827276 (doi: 10.1093/law/9780198827276.003.0048)

Methymaki, E. and Tzanakopoulos, A. (2020) Freedom with their exception: jurisdiction and immunity as rule and exception. In: Bartels, Lorand and Paddeu, Federica (eds.) Exceptions in International Law. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 225-241. ISBN 9780198789321 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198789321.003.0012)

Methymaki, E. (2020) Irmgard Marboe, Calculation of Compensation and Damages in International Investment Law, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2017, ISBN 9780198749936. In: Bungenberg, Marc, Krajewski, Markus, Tams, Christian J., Terhechte, Jörg Philipp and Ziegler, Andreas R. (eds.) European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2019. Series: European Yearbook of International Economic Law (10). Springer: Cham, pp. 435-438. ISBN 9783030224844 (doi: 10.1007/8165_2019_34)

Aznar-Gómez, M. J. and Methymaki, E. (2019) Article 2. In: Zimmerman, Andreas, Tams, Christian J., Oellers-Frahm, Karin and Tomuschat, Christian (eds.) The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary (3rd Edition). Series: Oxford Commentaries on International Law. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 289-306. ISBN 9780198814894 (doi: doi10.1093/law/9780198814894.003.0013)

Tzanakopoulos, A. and Methymaki, E. (2017) Sources and the enforcement of international law: domestic courts—another brick in the wall? In: Besson, Samantha and d’Aspremont, Jean (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of the Sources of International Law. Series: Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law. Oxford University Press, pp. 812-832. ISBN 9780198745365 (doi: 10.1093/law/9780198745365.003.0039)

Methymaki, E. and Tzanakopoulos, A. (2016) Masters of puppets? reassertion of control through joint investment treaty interpretation. In: Kullick, Andreas (ed.) Reassertion of Control over the Investment Treaty Regime. Cambridge University Press, pp. 155-181. ISBN 9781107172654 (doi: 10.1017/9781316779286.008)

Edited Books

Nollkaemper, A., Shany, Y., Tzanakopoulos, A. and Methymaki, E. (Eds.) (2024) The Engagement of Domestic Courts with International Law: Comparative Perspectives. Series: International Law and Domestic Legal Orders. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192864185

Geiss, R., Melzer, N., Devaney, J. and Methymaki, E. (Eds.) (2021) The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of Global Security. Series: Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198827276

Website

Methymaki, E. (2021) Rethinking the domestic and the international through Imogen Saunders’ “general principles as a source of international law”. [Website]

Methymaki, E. and Tams, C. (2020) Immunities and compromissory clauses: making sense of Enrica Lexie (Part I). [Website]

Methymaki, E. and Tams, C. (2020) Immunities and compromissory clauses: making sense of Enrica Lexie (Part II). [Website]

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Teaching

In 2024-2025, Eleni is teaching on the following courses:

  • Advanced Introduction to the Law of the United Nations [course convenor]
  • International Law of Global Security, Peace and Development (Erasmus Mundus Joint Master)
  • United Nations Law [course convenor]
  • Fundamentals of International Law
  • International Human Rights Law
  • Public International Law

Professional activities & recognition

Selected international presentations

  • 2024: Journal of International Economic Law Junior Faculty Forum ()
  • 2024: European Society of International Law Research Forum (Nicosia, Cyprus)
  • 2023: Scientific Colloquium of The Hague Academy of International Law (The Hague, Netherlands)
  • 2022: Law & Society Global Meeting (Lisbon, Portugal)
  • 2022: Conference on 'The Concept of Obligation in International Law', University Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy)
  • 2022: WILNET Emerging Voices Workshop, 'Thinking the Unthinkable: Beyond International Law' Imaginaries' (Manchester Centre for International Law)
  • 2021: American Society of International Law IG on International Courts and Tribunals, Conference on 'International Law without International Courts' ()