Professor Matthew Craven
BA LLM PhD (Nottingham) DipEd
Overview
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences (L&SS)
(Dean of Faculty of Law and Social Sciences)
School of Law
(Professor of International Law)
Centre for the study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law
(Director, Centre for the study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law)
Public international law, human rights (economic, social and cultural rights), international legal theory, history of international law (colonialism and decolonisation), international dispute settlementContact Details
- Name:
- Professor Matthew Craven
- Email address:
- mc7@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4673
- Address:
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 263
Interests / Disciplines
International law, human rightsTeaching
Students supervised
- Abdulbari Altamni
- Mansour Talebpour
- Matthias Vanhullebusch
- Mohammad Shahabuddin
- Robert Murtfeld
- Rose Parfitt
- Vincent Depaigne
Courses Taught
Expertise
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Available for
- TV
- Radio
- Press
- Short Term Consultancy
- Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
- Global
Country Expertise
Languages
Publications
Authored Books
Craven , Matthew (2007) The Decolonization of International Law: State Succession and the Law of Treaties. Oxford Monographs in International Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Craven , Matthew (1995) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Perspective on its Development. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Edited Books
Craven , Matthew and Fitzmaurice, Malgosia and Vogiatzi, Maria, eds. (2007) Time, History and International Law. Developments in International Law; 58. Leiden; Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
M., Dr and M, Prof, eds. (2005) Interrogating the Treaty: Essays in the Contemporary Law of Treaties 1-220. Wolf Legal Publishers, The Netherlands.
Chapters in Books
Craven, Matthew (2005) 'Unity, Diversity and the Fragmentation of International Law.' In: Klabbers, J. and Tuori, T., (eds.), Finnish Yearbook of International Law, Volume 14 (2003). Brill, pp. 3-34.
Craven, Matthew (2005) 'What Happened to Unequal Treaties? The Continuities of Informal Empire.' In: Craven, M. and Fitzmaurice, M., (eds.), Interrogating the Treaty. Essays in the Contemporary Law of Treaties. Wolf Legal Publishers, pp. 43-80.
Craven, Matthew (2004) 'For the 'Common Good': Rights and Interests in the Law of State Responsibility.' In: Fitzmaurice, M. and Sarooshi, D., (eds.), Issues of State Responsibility before International Judicial Institutions. Hart Publishing, pp. 105-127.
Craven, Matthew (1998) 'The Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights under the Inter-American System of Human Rights.' In: D, eds, (ed.), The Inter-American System of Human Rights. Oxford University Press, pp. 289-321.
Articles
Craven, Matthew (2002) 'Humanitarianism and the Quest for Smarter Sanctions.' European Journal of International Law, vol. 13 . pp. 43-61.
Craven, Matthew (2002) 'The Bosnia Case Revisited and the New Yugoslavia.' Leiden Journal of International Law, 15 . pp. 323-343.
Craven, Matthew (1998) 'The Problem of State Succession and the Identity of States under International Law.' European Journal of International Law, 9 . pp. 142-162.
Craven, Matthew (1997) 'The Genocide Case, the Law of Treaties and State Succession.' British Yearbook of International Law, 68 . pp. 127-163.
Craven, Matthew (1996) 'The European Community Arbitration Commission on Yugoslavia.' British Yearbook of International Law, 66 . pp. 333-413.
