Whewell Professor of International Law

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".See See

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 2016: Prof Eyal Benvenisti From 2024: Prof Jan Klabbers

See also List of Professorships at the University of Cambridge

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