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School of Law

Professor Matthew Craven

BA, LLM, PhD (Nottingham) DipEd

Overview

Matthew Craven
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences (L&SS)

Dean

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

Name:
Professor Matthew Craven
Email address:
Telephone:
020 7898 4673
Address:
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Building:
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office No:
263
Office Hours:
By appointment

Biography

International law, human rights

Teaching

Courses Taught
PhD Students supervised
  • Abdulbari Altamni, Reservations to International Human Rights Treaties, with Specific Reference to Islamic States’ Practice
  • Antonia Mulvey, International Justice: Solution or Obstacles to Peace in Housing, Land and Property Conflicts
  • Hamzah Dawood Adesola, Impact of International Law on Islamic Law in Saudi Arabia
  • Khanapoj Joemrith, Investor-State Arbitration: the interface between the enforcement of arbitral awards and sovereign immunity doctrine.
  • Laila Fathi, Re-thinking transitional justice in a post-colonial context - analysis of the Franco-Algerian war and the reconciliation process (working title)
  • Micha Wiebusch, The Emerging Normative Framework of the African Union on Constitutionalism – The Legal Process and the Contribution to Peace, Security and Democratic State Building
  • Nandini Shivany Boodia-Canoo,
  • Owen Taylor, Revolution and International Law
  • Racha Al Abdullah,
  • Siavash Eshghi,
  • Vincent Depaigne, Human rights and cultural identity in a constitutional framework: a comparative approach

Expertise

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Available for
  • TV
  • Radio
  • Press
  • Short Term Consultancy
  • Long Term Consultancy
Regional Expertise
  • Global
Country Expertise
Languages

Publications

Jump to: Authored Books | Edited Books | Book Chapters | Articles

Authored Books

Craven , Matthew (2007) The Decolonization of International Law: State Succession and the Law of Treaties. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Oxford Monographs in International Law)

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. Leiden; Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. (Developments in International Law; 58)

Craven, Matthew and Fitzmaurice, M., eds. (2005) Interrogating the treaty: essays in the contemporary law of treaties. The Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers.

Book Chapters

Craven, Matthew (2012) 'The Invention of a Tradition: Westlake, The Berlin Conference and the Historicisation of International Law.' In: Vec, M. and Nuzzo, L., (eds.), Constructing International Law: The Birth of a Discipline. Frankfurt am Main: Klosterman, pp. 363-403.

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.

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