Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah
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Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah, (born 24 April 1942) is a legal academic. He is the C. J. Koh Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore
,
the Tunku Abdul Rahman Professor of Law at the University of Malaya
, and the former head of the school of law at the University of Tasmania
.
Sornarajah atteended the Royal College Colombo
and received law degrees from the University of Ceylon, Yale University
, and the University of London
. He taught at the University of Ceylon from 1966 to 1973, at the University of Tasmania from 1974 to 1984, and the National University of Singapore since 1986. He has also been visiting faculty at several other universities. He has been editor-in-chief of two journals, the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies from 1996 to 2000 and the Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law (which he founded) from 1998 to 2000.
His book, The International Law on Foreign Investment, is the leading text on this area of the law which deals with issues of protection of foreign investments made by multinational corporations. His other books include Law of International Joint Ventures and The Pursuit of Nationalized Property.
Sornarajah has been a member of the advisory panel of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, and in 2011 he was appointed to its Ethics Commission
. He also belongs to the Board of Advisors of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Project on Dispute Settlement.
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....
,
the Tunku Abdul Rahman Professor of Law at the University of Malaya
University of Malaya
The University of Malaya is located on a campus near the centre of Kuala Lumpur, and is the oldest university in Malaysia. It was founded in 1905 as a public-funded tertiary institution...
, and the former head of the school of law at the University of Tasmania
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
.
Sornarajah atteended the Royal College Colombo
Royal College Colombo
The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...
and received law degrees from the University of Ceylon, Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, and the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
. He taught at the University of Ceylon from 1966 to 1973, at the University of Tasmania from 1974 to 1984, and the National University of Singapore since 1986. He has also been visiting faculty at several other universities. He has been editor-in-chief of two journals, the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies from 1996 to 2000 and the Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law (which he founded) from 1998 to 2000.
His book, The International Law on Foreign Investment, is the leading text on this area of the law which deals with issues of protection of foreign investments made by multinational corporations. His other books include Law of International Joint Ventures and The Pursuit of Nationalized Property.
Sornarajah has been a member of the advisory panel of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam, and in 2011 he was appointed to its Ethics Commission
Ethics Commission
In the United States, an Ethics Commission is a commission established by State law or county or city ordinance to investigate dishonest or unethical practices by public employees and elected officials....
. He also belongs to the Board of Advisors of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
Project on Dispute Settlement.