Dr Aygun Mammadzada

Lecturer in Law, Law

aygun.mammadzada@swansea.ac.uk

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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About

Aygun joined the IISTL in August 2022. Prior to joining the IISTL, she worked as a part-time lecturer at Bournemouth University, a teaching assistant at Southampton University, and a lecturer at Baku State University.

She has got awarded Max Planck research grants and Konrad Zweigert scholarships, held various visiting fellowships at different institutions in Europe, and is the Managing Editor of Global Constitutionalism published by the Cambridge University Press. She is a qualified lawyer in the Azerbaijan Republic and prior to her PhD studies, she worked as a lawyer at the Ministry of Education of the Azerbaijan Republic, International Project and Legal Officer of the Ministry on the Twinning Project, and Erasmus+ Exchange Programme of the European Commission, as well as practising law at several law firms in Azerbaijan.

Her primary research focuses on international business, trade and maritime law, commercial conflict of laws, intellectual property law, and dispute resolution, including arbitration and litigation, as well as digitalisation, legal innovation and technology.

Areas Of Expertise

Private international law
Commercial conflict of laws
International business, trade law, and maritime law
International commercial dispute resolution
International commercial arbitration and litigation
Digitalisation, legal innovation, and tech

Publications

Research Highlights

Mammadzada, A. (2023). THE REBIRTH OF THE EUROPEAN “ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION” ISSUE POST-BREXIT. In B. Soyer and A.M. Tettenborn (Ed.), Damages, Recoveries and Remedies in Shipping Law Informa Law /
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63081

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Book Chapters

Mammadzada, A. (2023). THE REBIRTH OF THE EUROPEAN “ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION” ISSUE POST-BREXIT. In B. Soyer and A.M. Tettenborn (Ed.), Damages, Recoveries and Remedies in Shipping Law Informa Law /
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63081

Taught Modules

LA-124 Fundamental Principles of International Law

This module will be available only for visiting exchange students from Chinese partner universities.
LA-300 Applied Commercial Law and International Business Practices

Contemporary concerns originating in market and business failures sufficiently indicate the vital importance of business law for accountability and performance. Taking account of the rapid developments in this field, this module offers students an unique opportunity to explore business law on a broad spectrum. It allows for an investigation into new and dynamic issues pertinent to the operation of businesses in the international context, including intellectual assets management, international payment and transactions, the governance of businesses and aspects of insolvency and personal responsibility. Designed to accommodate both legal and commercial perspectives, it allows students to obtain an understanding of cutting edge developments in a number of discrete legal areas.
LACM17 International Commercial Arbitration

International commercial disputes that cannot be otherwise resolved are customarily referred to arbitration. As such, a global network of arbitration organizations and international institutions exist to address references to arbitration. The module examines the arbitration structures which exist to resolve international disputes in the context of commercial arbitration and the associated questions of private international law. The module also examines disputes between foreign investors and host States and in particular looks into the system of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) which enables foreign investors to act directly against the host State where the investment was made. This part of the module introduces the international law relating to foreign investments and discusses the different dispute resolution mechanisms that can be invoked to resolve relevant disputes.
LACM24 Commercial and Maritime Mooting

The module adopts a holistic and practical approach to teaching international and transnational dispute settlement by using the medium of mooting. In particular, the module offers advocacy training and innovative teaching in commercial and maritime arbitration and adjudication. Teaching is offered through a combination of seminars and advocacy labs. The module employs audio visual study aids, a unique teaching method inspired by the Harvard Case Method. The syllabus covers key skills in oral and written advocacy in international and transnational arbitration and adjudication.
LATM02 Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain) and Commerce - Law and Regulation

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is an integral part of the emerging digital transformation taking place within commercial and financial industries. It has the potential to dramatically alter the way businesses operate, providing improved efficiency of current client requirements and opening doors for new services. In simple terms, DLT is a database that is distributed across several independent computing devices (nodes) where changes to data are protected and managed by cryptography and consensus ensuring that data cannot tampered with and that all parties have identical copies that can be considered as a reliable source of truth. This module intends to analyse the legal position of those employing such ledgers in the context of their businesses. To appreciate the potential legal problems emerging, the applications of such ledgers in different areas of commercial law (finance, insurance, shipping) will be studied. The module will then discuss whether any change in private law rules is required to ensure that such ledgers do not create unexpected consequences for relevant parties. Regulators are also actively exploring the need to regulate the use of such ledgers. Regulation is rather challenging in this area due to potential jurisdictional problems, and overly strict regulation could potentially reduce the commercial values of such ledgers. These issues, along with others, will be discussed as part of this module.

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Taught Modules

LA-124 Fundamental Principles of International Law

LA-300 Applied Commercial Law and International Business Practices

LACM17 International Commercial Arbitration

LACM24 Commercial and Maritime Mooting

LATM02 Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain) and Commerce - Law and Regulation