Dr Oisin Suttle
Biography
Dr Oisin Suttle is an Associate Professor of Law.
Oisin’s research interests are primarily in legal and political theory, and international economic law. His work addresses fundamental political and moral questions in international economic governance, including how we should understand the demands of justice and equality in the international economy, what grounds the legitimate authority of international laws and courts, and what role moral concerns should play in the interpretation of international treaties. His 2017 book, Distributive Justice and World Trade Law: A Political Theory of International Economic Law (2017, Cambridge), was awarded the prestigious Peter Birks Prize for Oustanding Legal Scholarship by the Society of Legal Scholars. Other work has been published in leading international journals in both law and philosophy, including the European Journal of International Law, the Modern Law Review, International & Comparative Law Quarterly, Politics Philosophy & Economics, and the Journal of Political Philosophy.
Before joining Maynooth University in 2019, Oisin taught at Queen’s University Belfast (2017-19), the University of Sheffield (2014-17) and University College London (2012-14). He holds degrees in law (University College Dublin) and international relations (University of Oxford), and a Ph.D. on the philosophy of international economic law (University College London). He previously practiced commercial law with a leading Dublin law firm, and is qualified as a solicitor both in Ireland and in England and Wales.
Oisin’s research interests are primarily in legal and political theory, and international economic law. His work addresses fundamental political and moral questions in international economic governance, including how we should understand the demands of justice and equality in the international economy, what grounds the legitimate authority of international laws and courts, and what role moral concerns should play in the interpretation of international treaties. His 2017 book, Distributive Justice and World Trade Law: A Political Theory of International Economic Law (2017, Cambridge), was awarded the prestigious Peter Birks Prize for Oustanding Legal Scholarship by the Society of Legal Scholars. Other work has been published in leading international journals in both law and philosophy, including the European Journal of International Law, the Modern Law Review, International & Comparative Law Quarterly, Politics Philosophy & Economics, and the Journal of Political Philosophy.
Before joining Maynooth University in 2019, Oisin taught at Queen’s University Belfast (2017-19), the University of Sheffield (2014-17) and University College London (2012-14). He holds degrees in law (University College Dublin) and international relations (University of Oxford), and a Ph.D. on the philosophy of international economic law (University College London). He previously practiced commercial law with a leading Dublin law firm, and is qualified as a solicitor both in Ireland and in England and Wales.
Research Interests
International Economic Law
Legal and Political Theory
Public International Law
My current research includes projects examining:
- the moral foundations of competition law and claims of competitive fairness in domestic and international law;
- the potential grounds of legitimate authority of investment law and investment arbitration, and their implications for the scope of investment law and harmonisation efforts;
- the role that values should and/or must play in treaty interpretation, and their implications for moral theorising of substantive areas of international law.
Legal and Political Theory
Public International Law
My current research includes projects examining:
- the moral foundations of competition law and claims of competitive fairness in domestic and international law;
- the potential grounds of legitimate authority of investment law and investment arbitration, and their implications for the scope of investment law and harmonisation efforts;
- the role that values should and/or must play in treaty interpretation, and their implications for moral theorising of substantive areas of international law.
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2023 | Oisin Suttle (2023) 'Evaluating International Agreements: The Voluntarist Reply and its Limits'. Journal of Political Philosophy, (Early View) . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1111/jopp.12315 [Full-Text] | |
2022 | Suttle, O (2022) 'On Trade Justice, Power and Institutions - Some Questions for Risse and Wollner'. Moral Philosophy And Politics, 9 (1):147-171. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2022 | Suttle O. (2022) 'The puzzle of competitive fairness'. Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 21 (2):190-227. [DOI] | |
2022 | Suttle, O (2022) 'Justice and Authority in Investment Protection'. Law and Development Review, 15 (2):257-282. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2019 | Suttle, Oisin (2019) 'Rules and Values in International Adjudication: The Case of the WTO Appellate Body'. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 68 (2). [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2017 | Suttle, Oisin (2017) 'What Sorts of Things are Public Morals? A Liberal Cosmopolitan Approach to Article XX GATT'. 80 (4):569-599. [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2016 | Suttle, Oisin (2016) 'Law as Deliberative Discourse: The Politics of International Legal Argument - Social Theory with Historical Illustrations'. Journal of International Law and International Relations, 12 (1):151-203. [Link] [Full-Text] | |
2016 | Suttle, Oisin (2016) 'Debt, Default, and Two Liberal Theories of Justice'. 17 (5). [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2014 | Suttle, Oisin (2014) 'Equality in Global Commerce: Towards a Political Theory of International Economic Law'. European Journal of International Law, 25 (4):1043-1070. [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2014 | Oisin Suttle (2014) 'Book Review Essay: Poverty and Justice: Competing Lenses on International Economic Law'. 15 (5-6):1071-1086. [Link] [Full-Text] |
Book Chapter
Conference Contribution
Published Report
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Suttle, O (2021) CETA and the Investor Court System: Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs. Oireachtas, . [Full-Text] |
Newspaper Articles
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Oisin Suttle (2021) Why the EU and Canada's CETA deal is not just another treaty. [Newspaper Articles] [Link] | |
2021 | Suttle, Oisin (2021) Comment: CETA offers us the hand-rolled cigarette of international investment law. [Newspaper Articles] [Link] | |
2018 | Suttle, Oisin (2018) Trade Wars: What's the Meaning of Unfair Trade. [Newspaper Articles] [Link] |
Podcast
Year | Publication | |
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2014 | Suttle, Oisin (2014) Equality in Global Commerce: Towards a Political Theory of International Economic Law. [Podcast] [Link] |
Other Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Oisin Suttle & John Reynolds (2021) 'Domestic law makers far better placed than CETA’s investment courts to judge policy choices' Business Post, February 2021, . [Link] |
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