Scholars on Int Law
Scholars of international law have profoundly influenced the field, offering insights that shape its principles and practices. Hugo Grotius, often called the "father of international law," laid the groundwork in the 17th century with his seminal work "De Jure Belli ac Pacis," advocating for laws governing war and peace. His ideas on natural law and the rights of states continue to resonate.
In the 20th century, Hans Kelsen's "Pure Theory of Law" introduced a systematic approach, emphasizing the separation of law from politics and morality. His theory provided a framework for understanding legal norms in an international context.
Rosalyn Higgins, a former President of the International Court of Justice, has been instrumental in advancing the understanding of international law's role in human rights and conflict resolution. Her writings emphasize the dynamic and adaptable nature of the law.
Martti Koskenniemi, a contemporary scholar, critiques the power dynamics within international law, exploring how legal structures can both reflect and perpetuate global inequalities. His work challenges scholars and practitioners to consider the broader implications of legal norms.
These scholars, among others, have shaped the evolution of international law, ensuring it remains relevant and responsive to the challenges of an ever-changing world.
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- Beth Van Schaack – American scholar and practitioner; Professor at Stanford Law School; former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice493335
- Dapo Akande – Nigerian-British scholar; Professor at the University of Oxford; expert on the use of force, international humanitarian law, and the International Court of Just…493336
- Gerry Simpson – Australian scholar; Professor at the London School of Economics; known for critical and postcolonial perspectives on international law (Great Powers and Outla…493337
- Monica Hakimi – American legal scholar; Professor at Columbia Law School; expert on the use of force, human rights, and international institutions.493338
- Thomas Franck – American scholar; former editor of the American Journal of International Law; wrote extensively on legitimacy and fairness in international law.493339
- Karen Knop – Canadian legal scholar; Professor at the University of Toronto; known for work on gender, sovereignty, and private international law493340
- Frédéric Mégret – Canadian scholar; Professor at McGill University; writes on international criminal law, human rights, and the sociology of international law493341
- Sarah Nouwen – Dutch scholar; Professor at the European University Institute and University of Cambridge; focuses on international criminal justice and peace processes.493342
- Benedict Kingsbury – New Zealand scholar; Professor at New York University School of Law; works on global governance and international institutions493343
- David Kennedy – American legal scholar; Professor at Harvard Law School; pioneer of the New Approaches to International Law (NAIL) movement493344
- Anne Orford – Australian scholar; Professor at Melbourne Law School; known for critical and historical analyses of international law.493345
- James Crawford – Australian jurist; former Judge at the International Court of Justice; leading authority on state responsibility and international dispute settlement.493346
- Christine Chinkin – British scholar; Professor at the London School of Economics; expert in international human rights and gender issues.493347
- Antonio Cassese – Italian jurist; first President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; prolific writer on international criminal law.493348
- Philippe Sands – British-French lawyer and academic; Professor at University College London; expert in international environmental and criminal law.493349
- Martti Koskenniemi – Finnish scholar; Professor at the University of Helsinki; known for critical approaches to international law.493350
- Hersch Lauterpacht – Advocate for human rights and individual responsibility in international law; influential in the development of the International Court of Justice493351
- Emer de Vattel – Swiss jurist known for The Law of Nations (Le Droit des Gens), influential in early international legal thought493352
- Harold Hongju Koh – U.S. legal scholar; former Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State; Sterling Professor at Yale Law School; expert on transnational law, human rights…493353
- W. Michael Reisman – Myres S. McDougal Professor at Yale Law School; pioneer of the New Haven School of international law; focuses on international dispute resolution and pol…493354
- Oona Hathaway – Professor at Yale Law School; former Special Counsel to the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Defense; writes on treaties, the law of war, and cyberse…493355
- Naz K. Modirzadeh – Professor at Harvard Law School; founding director of the Harvard Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research Program; expert on international humanitarian …493356
- Andreas Paulus – German scholar; former Judge at the International Court of Justice (ad hoc); Professor at the University of Göttingen; focuses on use of force, state respons…493357
- Catherine Redgwell – British scholar; Chichele Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford; expert in international environmental law and energy law493358
- Jean d’Aspremont – Belgian/French scholar; Professor at Sciences Po (Paris) and University of Manchester; known for critical and theoretical work on sources of international …493359
- Lauri Mälksoo – Estonian scholar; Professor at the University of Tartu; expert on history of international law, especially in Eastern Europe and the Soviet context493360
- Helmut Philipp Aust – German scholar; Professor at Freie Universität Berlin; works on international legal theory, state responsibility, and urban international law493361
- B.S. Chimni – Indian scholar; Professor Emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University; leading voice in Third World Approaches to International Law493362
- Antony Anghie – Sri Lankan-American scholar; Professor at the University of Utah; co-founder of TWAIL; author of Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law493363
- Obiora Chinedu Okafor – Nigerian-Canadian scholar; former UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity; Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School; TWAIL and …493364
- Makane Moïse Mbengue – Senegalese scholar; Professor at the University of Geneva; expert in international environmental law, investment law, and African perspectives on inter…493365
- Dire Tladi – South African scholar and diplomat; Professor at the University of Pretoria; former Legal Adviser to the South African Department of International Relations; mem…493366
- Sundhya Pahuja – Australian-Indian scholar; Professor at Melbourne Law School; focuses on postcolonial theory, development, and the history of international law493367
- Rohini Sen – Indian scholar; Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School; works on gender, sexuality, and international law493368
- Michael Fakhri – UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food; Professor at the University of Oregon; focuses on food sovereignty, trade, and human rights493369
- Alessandra Asteriti – Italian scholar; Lecturer at the University of Glasgow; expert in international environmental law and climate litigation493370
- Adil Ahmad Haque – Professor at Rutgers Law School; writes on the ethics and law of armed conflict, especially civilian protection493371
- Ursula Kriebaum – Austrian scholar; Professor at the University of Vienna; specialist in international investment law and human rights493372
- Marco Sassòli – Swiss scholar; Professor at the University of Geneva; specialist in international humanitarian law, non-international armed conflicts, and the relationship be…493373
- Michael N. Schmitt – American scholar; Professor at the University of Reading and former Charles H. Stockton Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the U.S. Naval War College;…493374
- Dieter Fleck – German scholar; former Legal Adviser to the German Ministry of Defense; specialist in international humanitarian law, military manuals, and peace operations.493375
- Laurie R. Blank – American scholar; Clinical Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law; specialist in targeting, proportionality, drones, and IHL training for armed …493376
- Nils Melzer – Swiss scholar; former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and former Legal Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); specialist in internatio…493377
- Elizabeth Wilmshurst – British scholar; Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House and former Deputy Legal Adviser at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office; specialist in the cla…493378
- Emily Crawford – Australian scholar; Associate Professor at the University of Sydney; specialist in neutrality, the treatment of combatants, and historical aspects of IHL493379
- Noam Lubell – Irish scholar; Professor at the University of Essex; specialist in new technologies in warfare, extraterritorial force, and IHL in counterterrorism493380
- Helen Duffy – British-Dutch scholar; Professor at Leiden University; specialist in the intersection of international humanitarian law, human rights, and counterterrorism.493381
- Shane Darcy – Irish scholar; Professor at the University of Galway; specialist in corporate accountability in armed conflict, war crimes, and IHL enforcement493382
- Cordula Droege – Swiss scholar; Chief Legal Officer at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); specialist in IHL, human rights in armed conflict, and emerging ch…493383
- Françoise Hampson – British scholar; Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex; specialist in IHL compliance mechanisms, detention, and the interface between law enforcem…493384
- Janina Dill – German scholar; Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford; specialist in the ethics of targeting, proportionality, and philosophical foun…493385
- Rogier Bartels – Dutch scholar; researcher at the Netherlands Defence Academy and former war crimes prosecutor; specialist in war crimes jurisprudence, IHL interpretation by …493386
- Gentian Zyberi – Albanian-Norwegian scholar; Associate Professor at the University of Oslo; specialist in IHL in peace operations, protection of civilians, and human rights i…493387
- Saeed Bagheri – Iranian-Turkish scholar; Assistant Professor at Ankara University; specialist in IHL in Middle Eastern conflicts, foreign fighters, and the law of occupation493388
- Philip Alston – Australian scholar; former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights; John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law at New York University School of La…493389
- Sarah Cleveland – American scholar; Louis Henkin Professor of Human and Constitutional Rights at Columbia Law School; former member of the UN Human Rights Committee; speciali…493390
- Beth A. Simmons – American scholar; Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Law and Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania; specialist in the domestic impact of …493391
- Alice Jill Edwards – Australian scholar and lawyer; United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; specialist in …493392
- Manfred Nowak – Austrian scholar; former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; Professor of International Human Rights at the University of Vienna; specialist in torture prohibit…493393
- Dinah Shelton – American scholar; former Commissioner and President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Professor Emeritus at George Washington University Law S…493394
- Anastasia Crickley – Irish scholar; former Chair of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; adjunct professor at University College Dublin; specialist i…493401
- Fionnuala Ní Aoláin – Irish scholar; Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School and Professor at the Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University493402
- Yuval Shany – Israeli scholar; Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; former member of the UN Human Rights Committee; spe…493403
- Sangeeta Yadav – Indian scholar; Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi; specialist in socio-economic rights, gender justice, and human rights in South Asia493404
- Rainer Forst – German philosopher and legal scholar; Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt; specialist in the philosophical foundations of human rights, tolerance, and the…493405
- Karen Engle – American scholar; Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law at the University of Texas at Austin; specialist in critical human rights theory, indigenous right…493406
- Zeynep Kivilcim – Turkish scholar; Professor at Istanbul University; specialist in gender equality, minority rights, and human rights in authoritarian contexts493407
- Lavanya Rajamani – Indian scholar; Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Oxford; specialist in climate change law, multilateral environmental agre…493408
- Daniel Bodansky – American scholar; Foundation Professor of Law at Arizona State University; former climate change coordinator at the U.S. Department of State; specialist in …493409
- Phoebe Okowa – Kenyan scholar; Professor of Public International Law at Queen Mary University of London; specialist in international environmental law, state responsibility f…493410
- Jutta Brunnée – German-Canadian scholar; Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law at the University of Toronto; specialist in international environmental law, climate governance, c…493411
- Alan Boyle – British scholar; Emeritus Professor of Public International Law at the University of Edinburgh; specialist in international environmental law, the law of the sea…493412
- Rosemary Lyster – Australian scholar; Professor of Climate and Environmental Law at the University of Sydney; specialist in climate change law, energy transition, and climate…493413
- Surya Deva – Indian scholar; Professor at the Macquarie Law School, Australia; specialist in business and human rights, corporate accountability for environmental harm, and t…493414
- Jacqueline Peel – Australian scholar; Professor of Law at the University of Melbourne; specialist in climate change litigation, environmental risk regulation, and the role of…493415
- Harro van Asselt – Dutch scholar; Professor of Climate Law and Policy at the University of Eastern Finland and Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute; …493416
- Christina Voigt – German-Norwegian scholar; Professor of Law at the University of Oslo; specialist in international environmental law, and climate change law493417
- Kati Kulovesi – Finnish scholar; Professor of International Law at the University of Eastern Finland; specialist in international climate change law, EU climate policy, and t…493418
- Louis J. Kotzé – South African scholar; Research Professor of Law at North-West University and Senior Professorial Fellow at the University of Lincoln (UK); specialist in env…493419
- Sara Seck – Canadian scholar; Associate Professor at Western University; specialist in transnational environmental justice, business accountability, and the human rights–envi…493420
- Anastasia Telesetsky – American scholar; Professor of Law at the University of Idaho; specialist in international wildlife law, marine biodiversity, and environmental protect…493421
- Nilüfer Oral – Turkish scholar; Director of the Centre for International Law at Istanbul Kültür University and member of the UN International Law Commission; specialist in in…493422
- Alexandra Harrington – Canadian-American scholar; Lecturer in Law at the University at Albany (SUNY); specialist in climate change law, environmental security, and the govern…493423