José E. Alvarez is a former president of the American Society of International
Law, the previous co-editor-in-chief of the American Journal of International
Law, and a member of the Institut de Droit International and Council on
Foreign Relations. His over 130 articles and book chapters and six books
have made substantial scholarly contributions to a wide range of subjects
within international law, including the law-generating rules of international
organizations, the challenges facing international criminal tribunals, the
boundaries between "public" and private," and the legitimacy issues surrounding
the international investment regime. His most recent books include The Impact
of International Organizations on International Law (2017) (originating from
his General Course offered at the Xiamen Academy of International Law),
International Investment Law (2017), and The Boundaries of Investment
Arbitration (forthcoming, Juris 2018). Alvarez has been a special adviser on
international law to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, an
attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of
State, a judicial clerk to a U.S. appellate judge, and a lawyer in private practice.
He previously taught at Columbia Law School, the University of Michigan,
George Washington University Law School, and Georgetown Law School.