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Prof Prof James Crawford Sc
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Position
Barrister specialising in public and private international law, and international arbitration; appears before the International Court, the Law of the Sea Tribunal, ICSID and ICC tribunals, etc. Experienced international arbitrator.
Career
Called 1987(NSW); 1999 (England and Wales); SC (NSW); Whewell professor of international law; fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge; Special Rapporteur on State Responsibility, International Law Commission 1997-2001; member of Institut de Droit International; Director of Studies of International Law Association, 1990-97; Challis professor of international law, University of Sydney, 1986-92; professor of law, University of Adelaide 1983-86; commissioner of Australian Law Reform Commission 1982-90; ‘Australian Courts of Law’ (4th Edition, 2004); editor of ‘The Rights of Peoples’ (1988); ‘The Creation of States in International Law’ (2nd Edition 2006); the ILC’s Articles on State Responsibility (2001), ‘The Law of International Responsibility’ (edited, 2010).
Languages
French.
Education
Brighton High School, South Australia; Adelaide University (1971 LLB; BA); Oxford University (1977 DPhil); (2004 LLD) Cambridge.
Leisure
Reading, cricket.
Practice Areas
International commercial arbitration; Public international law
