CYIL vol. 8 (2017)

Another section covers topical issues of the law of the sea and international environmental law. According to its tradition, the CYIL in Volume 8 also heavily covers many aspects of international trade and investment law, such as regulatory measures and countermeasures in investment law, the relation between theWTO and regional trade agreements or consequences of Brexit to WTO and EU trade agreements. The Yearbook also covers the Czech practice of international law, in particular the Czech cases before the European Court of Human Rights. Moreover, the publication presents, as usual, topical information on the work of the UN International Law Commission in 2017, the list of treaties ratified by the Czech Republic, book reviews and a survey of Czech international law bibliography. As usual, the authors of this publication come both from Czech and foreign institutions, from academia and legal practice. More than in previous years, this volume includes contributions of foreign professors and researchers, coming from or teaching in Austria, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. As to the Czech institutions involved, these include Charles University in Prague, Masaryk University in Brno, Palacký University in Olomouc, West-Bohemian University in Plzeň, the Institute of International Relations in Prague, Institute of Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the University of Economics in Prague, the Metropolitan University Prague, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Justice, as well as some private law firms. This publication appears thanks to a financial subsidy to the Czech Society of International Law from the Council of Scientific Societies of the Czech Republic. We are also grateful for generous financial support from the Prague branch of the law firmWeil, Gotshal and Manges. We wish that this volume of the Czech Yearbook will find also many readers and we are looking forward to new authors and new contributions for the next volume. We are also grateful for any comments and suggestions on how to improve quality of this journal.

Prof. Pavel Šturma Editor-in-Chief

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