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.