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James Crawford

Australian legal academic and practitioner (1948-2021) · Australia · On the map · Academics · Died at 72

James Richard Crawford, AC, SC, FBA was an Australian academic and practitioner in the field of public international law. He was a Judge of the International Court of Justice from February 2015 to his death in 2021.

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Awards

Companion of the Order of Australia2013
Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne2007
Manley-O.-Hudson medal
Fellow of the British Academy

About this person

From 1990 to 1992 Crawford was Dean of the Sydney Law School where he was also the Challis Professor of International Law from 1986 to 1992. From 1992 to 2014, he was Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge and Fellow in Law at Jesus College, Cambridge. He was formerly Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, also at Cambridge.

Country
Australia
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1948 to 2021 · aged 72