Research interests
Ashouri’s research focuses on international trade law, international business law and international contract law. In the area of trade law, his work examines how import and export regulations, including economic sanctions, reshape the activities and rights of private transnational actors. In international business law, he explores the legal rights and obligations of businesses, shareholders and directors in cross-border contexts as well as broader issues of corporate compliance, governance and risk management. His work in contract law addresses formation, interpretation and enforcement across jurisdictions with particular attention to how regulatory measures affect the performance of contractual obligations. Ashouri’s publications include peer-reviewed scholarship and contributions to international law blogs. His expertise has also led to invitations as a scholar at the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) in Rome, where he contributed to the development of a model sanctions clause, and as an expert consultant to the United Nations in Geneva, where he advised on the impact of unilateral sanctions on access to justice. His contributions have been recognized with multiple awards including the Norton Rose Graduate Award and the Fortier Chair Graduate Award in International Arbitration. | Business law, international business law, international trade law, international economic law, international arbitration, international dispute settlement, economic sanctions, sanctions and arbitration, contract law, transnational corporations, transnational law, international commercial law, legal research methodology
Biography
Mahan Ashouri is Assistant Professor at MacEwan University. Their stated interests include Ashouri’s research focuses on international trade law, international business law and international contract law. In the area of trade law, his work examines how import and export regulations, including economic sanctions, reshape the activities and rights of private transnational actors. In international business law, he explores the legal rights and obligations of businesses, shareholders and directors in cross-border contexts as well as broader issues of corporate compliance, governance and risk management. His work in contract law addresses formation, interpretation and enforcement across jurisdictions with particular attention to how regulatory measures affect the performance of contrac. This summary considered all 2 collected sources.