Underwood International College

• Professor of International Economic Law at Yonsei Law School
• Ph.D. in law from Yonsei University, Ph.D coursework in University of Edinburgh
• LL.M. degree from University of Cambridge
• B.A and Master’s degree in law from Yonsei University

Profile

He served as President of the Korean Society of International Economic Law in 2012 and Vice-President of the Korean Society of International Law in 2011. Currently he is a member of FTA Consulting Committee for the Korean Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy, and a member of Advisory Committee of Legislation for Korean National Assembly.

At Yonsei University, he was Vice-President of Institute for Legal Studies, and Editor-in-Chief of Yonsei Law Journal (in English). Currently he is Head of EU Law Center, and Head of Research Center for Climate Change and International Law, for which he receives some amount of research fund from Korean Research Foundation.

He is much interested in WTO and World Trade Law, International Investment Law, European Union Law, International Intellectual Property Law, and International Legal Issues on Climate Change.

Education

Ph.D. in law from Yonsei University, Ph.D coursework in University of Edinburgh
LL.M. degree from University of Cambridge
B.A and Master’s degree in law from Yonsei University

Courses and Current Research Areas

Courses

LAW7435-01 International Investment Disputes
ARE6616-01 European Integration and EU Law
YJD6703-01 WTO Law and Practice
JCL3101-01 Global Environmental Law and Diplomacy
TRA4001-01 International Commerce and Investment Law
ARE6608-01 Trade and Industrial Policy of EU
LAW7458-01 International Energy Investment Law
YJD7705-01 International Environmental Law
LAW 6432-01 Sustainability and Environmental Law

Research

• editor of Legal Issues on Climate Change and International Trade Law (2016), co-author of Case Studies on International Environmental Law (2016), International Environmental Law (2015), International Economic Law (2012), International Investment Law (2012), Lectures on European Union Law (2010), International Law (2010), International Copyright Protection and Trade Issues (2009).
  
  
• co-translator of EU Environmental Law (2016), International Investment Law and the Environment (2016), Carbon-related Border Adjustment and WTO Law (2016), Case studies on the energy charter treaty(2016), Analysis of 32 European Countries Peoples (2015), Current Issues in International Economic Law (2014), Environmental Issues and International Law (2013), Climate Change and Trade Law Issues (2012), Case Studies on European Union Law (2012), American Law and Legal English (2009), and editor of Basic Documents in International Law (2011), Basic Documents in International Economic Law (2010).
  
  
• contributor to Climate Change and International Economic Law (Springer, 2016), Legal Issues of Renewable Energy in the Asia Region: Recent Developments in a Post-Fukushima and Post-Kyoto Protocol Era (Kluwer, 2014), The Legal Protection of Foreign Investment (Hart, 2012) and Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law (OUP, 2012), Trade Law and Regulation in Korea (Edward Elgar, 2011).

Selected Publications

• Deok-Young Park, Odilov, Parviz, 2016. Central Asian Legal and Policy Responses to Climate Change. Law Review, 26(2): 183-222.
  
  
• Deok-Young Park, Jin Mingzi, 2016. A Study on the Environment and Trade Chapter of the Korea-China FTA. Northeast Asian Law Journal, 10(1): 21-44.
  
  
• Deok-Young Park, 2014. The Investment Chapter of the Korea-US FTA and its Implications for Environmental Matters. Journal of Arbitration Studies, 24(1): 25-44.
  
  
• Deok-Young Park, Tae-Hwa Lee, 2013. From FIT to RPS under the Low-Carbon Green Growth Initiative: Moving Forward or Backward for the Expansion of Renewable Energy in Korea?. Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies, 23(3): 23-43.
  
  
• Seuyeun Lee, Deok-Young Park, 2013. The Consideration of International Environmental Agreements in Investment Arbitration Cases - With a Focus on the Cases of SD Myers and Chemtura -. Seoul International Law Journal, 20(1): 173-211.
  
  
• Deok-Young Park, Seuyeun Lee, 2012. Analysis of Environment-Related Investment Arbitration Cases under the NAFTA and Their Implications for the Korea-U.S. FTA. Journal of Arbitration Studies, 22(2): 103-124.
  
  
• Young Hee Lee, Deok-Young Park, 2012. EU Renewable Energy Policy and Its Compatibility with WTO Rules - Centered on Biofuel Sustainability Criteria-. Seoul International Law Journal, 19(1): 175-208.
  
  
• Deok-Young Park, 2012. A Study on EU Common Commercial Policy and its Impact on Korea-EU FTA. Law Review, 22(2): 155-188.
  
  
• Jee Hwe Han, Deok-Young Park, 2012. Climate Change Policies and Indirect Expropriation. Korean Journal of International Economic Law, 10(1): 37-72.
  
  
• Deok-Young Park, 2012. A Study on the EU Environmental Legislation Procedures and Legal system. Korean Journal of International Economic Law, 10(1): 173-197.