Dr Arwel Davies

Associate Professor

Law

a.p.davies@swansea.ac.uk

Intermediate Welsh Speaker

Office - 117
First Floor
Richard Price Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9115-9022

About

Dr Davies joined the School in 2001 having commenced his career at the University of Southampton. His PhD on international public procurement regulation was completed at the University of Nottingham.

His research interests are in the area of international economic law and he is a co-author of World Trade Law: Text Materials and Commentary. He is particularly interested in the interface between the trade law and investment law regimes, and how each regime responds to the tension between liberalization and space for states to regulate in the public interest. Dr Davies teaches World Trade Law and Commercial Law. He also provides Welsh language seminars in Contract Law.

Areas Of Expertise

International Economic Law
World Trade Law
International Public Procurement Regulation
Investment Law

Publications

Research Highlights

Davies, A. (2024). Discrimination in Government Procurement: Delimiting Multilateral and Plurilateral National Treatment Obligations. In Professor Annamaria La Chimia and Professor Martin Trybus (Ed.), Reforming Public Procurement Law (pp. 239-260). Bloomsbury: Hart Publishing
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66090
Davies, A. (2023). The EU's Proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and Compatibility with WTO Law. Trade, Law and Development, 14(2)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62086
http://www.tradelawdevelopment.com/index.php/tld/article/view/229/250
Davies, A. (2020). Technology Transfer and the TRIPS: Interpreting High and Low Consensus Norms. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 47(2), 179-214.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53687
https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Legal+Issues+of+Economic+Integration/47.2/LEIE2020008
Davies, A. (2018). Investment Law Treaty Interpretation, fair and equitable treatment and legitimate expectations. Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, 15(3), 314-353.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa46240
https://www.electronicpublications.org/stuff.php?id=719
Davies, A. (2016). Group Comparison Versus Best Treatment in International Economic Law Non-Discrimination Analysis. Yearbook of International Investment Law & Policy Oxford University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27639

All Research

Journal Articles

Davies, A. (2023). The EU's Proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and Compatibility with WTO Law. Trade, Law and Development, 14(2)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa62086
http://www.tradelawdevelopment.com/index.php/tld/article/view/229/250
Davies, A. (2020). Technology Transfer and the TRIPS: Interpreting High and Low Consensus Norms. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 47(2), 179-214.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53687
https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Legal+Issues+of+Economic+Integration/47.2/LEIE2020008
Davies, A. (2018). Investment Law Treaty Interpretation, fair and equitable treatment and legitimate expectations. Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, 15(3), 314-353.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa46240
https://www.electronicpublications.org/stuff.php?id=719
Davies, A. (2015). The GATT Article III:8(a) Procurement Derogation and Canada - Renewable Energy. Journal of International Economic Law, 18(3), 543-554.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgv027, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa22993
Davies, A. (2014). Technical Regulations and Standards under the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 41(1), 37-63.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16789
http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=LEIE2014003
Davies, A. (2012). 'State Liability for Judicial Decisions in EU and International Law'. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 61(3), 585-611.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589312000218, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7086
Davies, A. (2012). 'Scoping the Boundary Between Trade and Investment: When does a measure Relate to Invesstment?'. Journal of International Economic Law in April 2012, 15(3), 793-822.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgs027, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7085
https://academic.oup.com/jiel/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/jiel/jgs027
Davies, A. & Davies, A. (2010). The Dsu Article 3.8 Presumption that an Infringement Constitutes a Prima Facie Case of Nullification or Impairment: When Does it Operate and Why?. Journal of International Economic Law, 13(1), 181-204.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgp043, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5106
Davies, A. (2009). "Interpreting the Chapeau of GATT Article XX in Light of the 'New' Approach in Brazil - Tyres". Journal of World Trade Law, 43(3), 507-539.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa5105
http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=TRAD2009021

Authored Books

Lester, S., Mercurio, B., & Davies, A. (2012). World Trade Law, Text Materials and Commentary Hart Publishing.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16788

Book Chapters

Davies, A. (2024). Discrimination in Government Procurement: Delimiting Multilateral and Plurilateral National Treatment Obligations. In Professor Annamaria La Chimia and Professor Martin Trybus (Ed.), Reforming Public Procurement Law (pp. 239-260). Bloomsbury: Hart Publishing
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66090
Davies, A. (2017). The Evolving GPA: Lessons of Experience and Prospects for the Future. The Internationalization of Government Procurement Regulation (pp. 23-55). Oxford University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33851
Davies, A. (2016). Group Comparison Versus Best Treatment in International Economic Law Non-Discrimination Analysis. Yearbook of International Investment Law & Policy Oxford University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27639

Supervision

The Impact of International Investment Law on International Intellectual Property Law in the Context of the Territoriality Principle: A Critical Examination of Intellectual Property Provisions in Bilateral Investment Treaties of Middle-Income Countries. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Lowri Davies
Application of Geo-blocking to Copyright-Protected Digital Products: In-Depth Analysis and Policy Recommendations for EU Policy-Makers (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Lowri Davies
Good Faith in Contract Performance (awarded 2022)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Karen Morrow

Taught Modules

LAA212 Commercial Sales

Commercial Sales covers the law in relation to sale of goods. The primary focus is on the business-to-business context. The module considers how and when property and risk in the goods are transferred from the seller to the buyer; the scope for a non-owner to transfer a better title to goods than they hold; reservation of title clauses and statutory implied terms in relation to correspondence with description and quality. The module provides an opportunity for students to develop their contract law knowledge in the context of sales contracts. The module is of interest to international students on the basis that sales contracts frequently specify English law as the governing law.
LAA213 World Trade Law

World Trade Law covers the law and practice of the World Trade Organization. The relevant legal materials are international trade agreements as interpreted in the context of an intergovernmental dispute settlement process. The key theme of the module is the balance between trade liberalization, and the need to preserve policy space for governments to regulate in the public interest. As the UK withdraws from the EU, our trade with the EU and the rest of the world will be regulated primarily through world trade law. Therefore, there is increased demand in law firms and government legal departments for expertise in this area. As most nations are members of the WTO, including the UK, the subject area is of equal relevance to home / EU and international students.
LAA303 Commercial Sales

Commercial Sales covers the law in relation to sale of goods. The primary focus is on the business-to-business context. The module considers how and when property and risk in the goods are transferred from the seller to the buyer; the scope for a non-owner to transfer a better title to goods than they hold; reservation of title clauses and statutory implied terms in relation to correspondence with description and quality. The module provides an opportunity for students to develop their contract law knowledge in the context of sales contracts. The module is of interest to international students on the basis that sales contracts frequently specify English law as the governing law.
LAA304 World Trade Law

World Trade Law covers the law and practice of the World Trade Organization. The relevant legal materials are international trade agreements as interpreted in the context of an intergovernmental dispute settlement process. The key theme of the module is the balance between trade liberalization, and the need to preserve policy space for governments to regulate in the public interest. As the UK withdraws from the EU, our trade with the EU and the rest of the world will be regulated primarily through world trade law. Therefore, there is increased demand in law firms and government legal departments for expertise in this area. As most nations are members of the WTO, including the UK, the subject area is of equal relevance to home / EU and international students.

Dr Arwel Davies

Email address

Welsh language proficiency

Research Links

About

Areas Of Expertise

Publications

Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Authored Books

Book Chapters

Supervision

The Impact of International Investment Law on International Intellectual Property Law in the Context of the Territoriality Principle: A Critical Examination of Intellectual Property Provisions in Bilateral Investment Treaties of Middle-Income Countries. (current)

Application of Geo-blocking to Copyright-Protected Digital Products: In-Depth Analysis and Policy Recommendations for EU Policy-Makers (current)

Good Faith in Contract Performance (awarded 2022)

Taught Modules

LAA212 Commercial Sales

LAA213 World Trade Law

LAA303 Commercial Sales

LAA304 World Trade Law