Benedict Kingsbury
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Professor Benedict William Kingsbury is Director of the Institute for International Law and Justice at New York University
and a leading scholar in international law
and diplomacy
.
Born in Holland and raised in Hamilton, New Zealand
he was a Rhodes Scholar in 1982, a commercial law graduate (LLB Honors) from Canterbury University in Christchurch
, New Zealand and a doctor of International Relations and Law at Balliol College, Oxford University. He lectured at Oxford University and Duke University
prior to his New York University Law School appointment.
A leading academic on the rights of indigenous peoples
in international law, his professional interests also include global administrative law, the history and theory of international law, and the international law of global governance.
His publications include two books edited with Sir Adam Roberts on the United Nations
and Hugo Grotius
.
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
and a leading scholar in international law
International law
Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...
and diplomacy
Diplomacy
Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states...
.
Born in Holland and raised in Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
he was a Rhodes Scholar in 1982, a commercial law graduate (LLB Honors) from Canterbury University in Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand and a doctor of International Relations and Law at Balliol College, Oxford University. He lectured at Oxford University and Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
prior to his New York University Law School appointment.
A leading academic on the rights of indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples are ethnic groups that are defined as indigenous according to one of the various definitions of the term, there is no universally accepted definition but most of which carry connotations of being the "original inhabitants" of a territory....
in international law, his professional interests also include global administrative law, the history and theory of international law, and the international law of global governance.
His publications include two books edited with Sir Adam Roberts on the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
and Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius , also known as Huig de Groot, Hugo Grocio or Hugo de Groot, was a jurist in the Dutch Republic. With Francisco de Vitoria and Alberico Gentili he laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law...
.
Publications
- United Nations, Divided World, Chinese edition with fully revised Introductory chapter and appendices, and Foreword by Professor Wang JisiWang JisiProf. Wang Jisi is Dean of the School of International Studies at Peking University. In the 2010-11 academic year he is a visiting scholar at Princeton University.Wang also serves on the Board of Directors of the nonprofit Teach For China....
of Peking UniversityPeking UniversityPeking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...
(Beijing: Central Composition and Translation Press, forthcoming) (ed. with Sir Adam Roberts) - Alberico Gentili's De Armis Romanis (Wars of the Romans) (1599) trans. by David Lupher (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) (ed. with Benjamin Straumann)
- Global Regulatory Governance and the State: India and the Emergence of Global Administrative Law (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) (ed. with Pratap Mehta et al.)
- El Surgimiento del Derecho Administrativo Global: Desafios para America Latina (The New Global Administrative Law: Challenges for Latin America) (Res Publica, forthcoming) (ed. with others)
- Symposium on 'Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo: Democratic Republic of Congo v. Uganda' (40 NYU Journal of International Law and Politics 1 -217, 2008) (with J.H.H. Weiler)
- Symposium on Global Governance and Global Administrative Law in the International Legal Order (17 European Journal of International Law 1-278, 2006) (ed. with Nico Krisch)
- Indigenous Groups and the Politics of Recognition in Asia: Cases from Japan, Taiwan, West Papua, Bali, the People's Republic of China, and Gilgit (II 1-2 International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 1-228, 2004) (ed. with Kirsty Gover)
- Alberico Gentili e Il Mondo Extraeuropeo: Atti Del Convegno Settima Giornata Gentiliana (Dott. A. Giuffre Editore, 2001)
- Indigenous Peoples of Asia (Association of Asian Studies, 1995) (with R.H. Barnes, Andrew Gray et al.)
- United Nations, Divided World: The UN's Roles in International Relations (Oxford University Press, 1993) (ed. with Sir Adam Roberts)
- The International Politics of the Environment (Oxford University Press, 1992) (with Andrew HurrellAndrew HurrellProfessor Andrew Hurrell is Montague Burton Professor of International Relations and a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, since 2007. He was previously a Faculty Fellow in International Relations at Nuffield College, Oxford...
) - Hugo Grotius and International Relations (Oxford University Press, 1990) (with Hedley BullHedley BullHedley Bull, FBA was Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University, the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford until his death from cancer in 1985...
, Sir Adam Roberts et al.)
External links
- New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
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