Chichele Chair in International Law
The Chichele Professor of Public International Law ( Chichele Professorship of Public International Law ) is a statutory at the University of Oxford existing Chair in the field of international law . It was named in honor of Henry Chichele , who was Archbishop of Canterbury in the 15th century and who founded All Souls College in Oxford. The chair was created in 1854 as the "Chair for International Law and Diplomacy" through the abolition of five fellow positions at All Souls College. It was occupied for the first time in 1859 and was later given its current technical designation. This makes it the oldest of the five existing chairs at the University of Oxford that bear the name of Henry Chichele, including the Chichele Chair in War History . According to the statutes, the Chichele Professor of International Law is also a Fellow at the University's All Souls College.
The Chichele Professor of Public International Law belongs next to at the University of Cambridge existing Whewell Chair of International Law , of nine years was established later, internationally the most prestigious academic positions in the field of international law. Owners included James Leslie Brierly , Ian Brownlie , DP O'Connell and Humphrey Waldock , who later served as President of the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice . The current Chichele Professor of International Law has been Vaughan Lowe since 1999 .
literature
- Chichele Professorship of International Law. In: The Historical Register of the University of Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1888, p. 72
- Trevor Henry Aston, MG Brock, MC Curthoys, James McConica, LG Mitchell, Nicholas Tyacke, Brian Harrison: The History of the University of Oxford: The Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2000, ISBN 0-19-951017-2 , p. 211