Whewell_Professorship_of_International_Law

Whewell Professor of International Law

Whewell Professor of International Law

Professorship at the University of Cambridge


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.

See also


References

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

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