Whewell Professor of International Law explained

The Whewell Professorship of International Law is a professorship in the University of Cambridge.

The Professorship was established in 1868 by the will of the 19th-century scientist and moral philosopher, William Whewell, with a view to devising "such measures as may tend to diminish the causes of war and finally to extinguish war between nations".^{[1] [2]}

Incumbents of the Whewell Professorship of International Law

Holders of the Whewell chair include four judges of the International Court of Justice.

• 1869: Sir William Vernon Harcourt
  • 1887: Sir Henry James Sumner Maine 1888: John Westlake
• 1908: L. F. L. Oppenheim
  • 1920: Alexander Pearce Higgins 1935: Lord Arnold McNair
  • 1938: Sir Hersch Lauterpacht 1955: Sir Robert Jennings
• 1981: Sir Derek Bowett
• 1992: Prof James Crawford
• From 2016: Prof Eyal Benvenisti

See also

• List of Professorships at the University of Cambridge

Notes and References

1. See Book: Maine, Henry Sumner . Whewell Lectures, International Law, A Series of Lectures Delivered before the University of Cambridge, 1887 . 1888 . John Murray . London . 1 . 1 . 8 September 2015. via Internet Archive
2. See Book: Oppenheim, Lassa . The League of Nations and Its Problems, Three Lectures . 1919 . Longmans, Green & Co. . London . 1 . 4 . 9 September 2015. via Internet Archive