John Strawson
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John Strawson is an author and law professor at the University of East London School of Law
where he teaches International law
and Middle East
Studies. He specialises in the area of law and postcolonialism, with particular reference to the middle east, Islam and international law.
His previous posts include visiting positions at Birzeit University (Palestine) and the Institute of Social Studies (The Hague Netherlands).
One of the themes in the research undertaken by John Strawson is the encounter between western and Islamic law.
He is Director of Law Postgraduate Programmes at the University of East London, and Director of the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict
.
University of East London School of Law
The School of Law is one of eight academic schools at the University of East London in East London, England. The School is home to the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict. The School of Law teaches six undergraduate courses and ten postgraduate courses...
where he teaches 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 Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
Studies. He specialises in the area of law and postcolonialism, with particular reference to the middle east, Islam and international law.
His previous posts include visiting positions at Birzeit University (Palestine) and the Institute of Social Studies (The Hague Netherlands).
One of the themes in the research undertaken by John Strawson is the encounter between western and Islamic law.
He is Director of Law Postgraduate Programmes at the University of East London, and Director of the Centre on Human Rights in Conflict
Centre on Human Rights in Conflict
The Centre on Human Rights in Conflict is a research centre based within the University of East London School of Law directed by John Strawson. The Centre was founded in 2006 by Professor Chandra Lekha Sriram...
.
Views on Israel
According to Strawson, the use of the term apartheid to describe Israel or Israeli policies has become commonplace in certain liberal and leftist circles. Strawson wrote that this label does not apply to Israel, and suggests that the use of the apartheid analogy is casual, unhistorical, and unhelpful.Books
- Encountering Islamic law, by John Strawson, 2000
- Partitioning Palestine: Legal Fundamentalism in the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. Pluto Press, 2010. ISBN 9780745323244
- (ed.) Law after Ground Zero (London, Sydney, Portland Or: GlassHouse Press/Routledge-Cavendish 2002, reprinted with amendments, 2004) ISBN 9781904385028
- (ed.) with Roshan de Silva Wijeyeratne, 'Tracking the Postcolonial in Law', Griffith Law Review, Vol. 12, No. 3 (2003)