Whewell Chair in International Law
The Whewell Chair of International Law ( Whewell Professorship of International Law ) is an existing since 1868 Chair at the Law Faculty of the University of Cambridge . It was founded by the British philosopher William Whewell and established two years after his death. The main idea of the chair is to make a contribution to reducing the causes of wars and ultimately to eliminating war between nations. According to the statutes of the University of Cambridge, the chair holder has the right to admission to the traditional Trinity College of the university, where William Whewell also worked.
The Whewell Chair, along with the Chichele Chair in International Law , which has existed at the University of Oxford since 1859 , is one of the most prestigious academic positions in the field of international law . The appointment is made by a Board of Electors , which includes representatives from the University and Trinity College as well as internationally recognized experts in international law. The chair was held by outstanding legal scholars such as Henry Sumner Maine , John Westlake , Lassa Oppenheim and Derek Bowett, as well as Arnold Duncan McNair , Hersch Lauterpacht and Robert Yewdall Jennings, three later judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague , two of whom were also President of the court worked.
Current Whewell Professor of International Law since 1992 has been James Crawford , former Director of the Lauterpacht Center for International Law and Fellow of Jesus College at the University of Cambridge. According to the statutes of the university, he is expected in 2015 at the age of 67 years from the Whewell Chair Emeritus and then may go to the ICJ after he was nominated with the support of the government of his native country for the end of 2014 held Richter 2012 elections.
literature
- Whewell Professorship of International Law. In: JR Tanner: The Historical Register of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1917, pp. 100/101
- The Whewell Benefaction. In: University of Cambridge (Ed.): Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008, ISBN 0-52-173149-6 , pp. 49/50