- Faculty Member
- Scholarly Writings

Mr. Malcolm Shaw
The Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law
University of Leicester
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Lecture Series
Peaceful Settlement of Disputes: Paradigms, Plurality and Policy
Shabtai Rosenne Memorial Lecture
(Forthcoming)
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Publications of Prof. Malcolm Shaw |
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Books |
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International Law, 6th ed. 2008, Cambridge University Press, 1,341 pp. (plus tables and indexes). Translated into Polish, Hungarian, Kurdish, Portuguese and Chinese. |
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Title to Territory in Africa: International Legal Issues, 1986, Oxford University Press, 428 pp. |
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External Debt (as co-editor with D. Carreau), Hague Academy of International Law, 1995, Nijhoff Publications, 721 pp. |
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Title to Territory (as editor), Library of Essays in International Law, Ashgate Publishing , 2005, 522pp., ISBN 1 84014 463 7 |
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Common Values in International Law: Essays in Honour of Christian Tomuschat (as co-editor with Sommermann, Fassbender and Dupuy), N.P. Engel Verlag, Kehl, 2006, 1184 pp., ISBN – 3-88357-136-9 |
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Contributions to Books |
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“Territorial Administration by Non-Territorial Sovereigns” in The Allocation of Authority in International Law (eds. Broude and Shany), Hart Publications, 2008, pp. 369-415. |
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“Acquisition of Teritory in Nineteenth Century Africa: Some Thoughts” in Dupuy, Fassbender, Shaw and Sommermann (eds), Essays in Honour of Christian Tomuschat, Kehl, NP Engel Verlag, 2006, pp. 1029 – 1049. |
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“Article 21 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice” in A. Zimmermann, C. Tomuschat and K. Oellers-Frohm, Commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice, Oxford: OUP, 2006, pp. 375 – 89. |
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“Articles 22 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice” in A. Zimmermann, C. Tomuschat and K. Oellers-Frohm, Commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice, Oxford: OUP, 2006, pp. 391 – 98 |
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“Article 62” in Olivier Corten et Pierre Klein (Eds.), Les Conventions de Vienne de 1969 et de 1986 sur le droit des traités: Commentaire article par article, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 3 vols, 2006, (with C. Fournet) pp. 2229-2261. |
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“The International Law of Territory: An Overview” in Shaw (Ed.), Title to Territory, Library of Essays in International Law, Ashgate Publishing, 2005, pp. xi- xxxv |
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“Self-Determination and the Use of Force” in N. Ghanea and A. Xanthaki (eds), Minorities, Peoples and Self-Determination, Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden, 2004, p. 35 |
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“The International Court, Responsibility and Remedies” in Fitzmaurice, M and Sarooshi, D. Issues of State responsibility before International Judicial Institutions Oxford: Hart Publications, 2004, pp. 19 – 34 |
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“The Role of Recognition and Non-Recognition with Respect to Secession: Notes on Some Relevant Issues” in Dahlitz (ed.), Secession and International Law: Regional Appraisals, UN Publications, New York, 2003, pp. 269-84 |
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“Protecting Minorities: The Precarious Balance” in Torremans (ed.), Legal Convergence in the Enlarged Europe of the New Millennium, Kluwer, The Hague, 2000, pp. 225-253. |
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“Peaceful Resolution of 'Political Disputes': The Desirable Parameters of Jurisdiction of the ICJ” in Dahlitz (ed.), Peaceful Resolution of Major International Disputes, UN publications, New York/Geneva, 1999, pp. 49 - 75 |
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“A Practical Look at the International Court of Justice” in Evans (ed.), International Law Remedies, Hart Publishing, 1998, p. 11 |
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“The Security Council and the International Court of Justice: Judicial Drift and Judicial Function” in Muller, Raic and Thuranszky (eds.), The International Court of Justice: Its Role After 50 Years, 1997, Kluwer, p. 219 |
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“Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion” in Macdonald, Matscher and Petzold (eds.), The European System for the Protection of Human Rights, 1993, Nijhoff, p. 445 |
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“The Definition of Minorities in International Law” in Dinstein and Tabory (eds.), The Protection of Minorities and Human Rights, 1992, Nijhoff, p. 1 |
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“Genocide” in Dinstein (ed.), International Law at a Time of Perplexity, 1989, Nijhoff, p. 797 |
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“The International Status of National Liberation Movements” in Snyder and Sathirathai (eds.), Third World Attitudes toward International Law, 1987, Nijhoff, p. 141 |
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“Nuclear Weapons and International Law” in Pogany (ed.), Nuclear Weapons and International Law, 1987, Gower, p. 1 |
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“Micro-states and International Law” in Harden (ed.), Small is Dangerous - Micro-States in a Macro World, 1986, Frances Pinter, p. 51 |
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Articles |
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“Title, Control and Closure? The Experience of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission”, 56 (4) International and Comparative Law Quarterly, October 2007, pp. 755-796 |
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“Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992”, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, October 2005, pp. 999-1008 |
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“The Yerodia Case and Remedies” in Revue Belge de Droit International Public, 2002, numbers 1 and 2, p. 554 |
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“The Case Concerning Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia)”, 49 International and Comparative Law Quarterly, October 2000, p. 964. |
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“The International Criminal Court - Some Procedural and Evidential Issues”, 3 Journal of Armed Conflict Law, 1998, p. 65 |
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“The International Court of Justice: A Practical Perspective”, 46 International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 1997, p. 831 |
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“Peoples, Territorialism and Boundaries”, 8 (3) European Journal of International Law, 1997, p. 478 |
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“The Heritage of States: The Principle of Uti Possidetis Today”, 67 British Year Book of International Law 1996, 1997, p. 75 |
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“State Succession Revisited”, 5 Finnish Yearbook of International Law, 1994, p. 34 |
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“The El Salvador/ Honduras Case”, 42 International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 1993, p. 929 |
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“The Definition of Minorities in International Law”, 20 Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, 1990, p. 99 [reprinted in The Protection of Minorities and Human Rights supra] |
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“Avis sur la conformité au droit international de la succession d'États d'une méthode de répartition des actifs et des passifs entre le Canada et le Québec”, 7 Revue Québécoise de Droit International, 1991-2, p. 88 |
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“The Western Sahara Case”, 49 British Year Book of International Law, p. 119 |
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“The Beagle Channel Arbitration Award”, 6 International Relations, p. 415 |
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“Dispute Settlement in Africa”, Yearbook of World Affairs, 1983, p. 149 |
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“Territory in International Law”, 13 Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, p. 61 |
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“The United Nations Convention on Prohibitions and Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons, 1981” 9 Review of International Studies, p. 109 |
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“International Law and Intervention in Africa”, 8 International Relations, p. 341 |
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“Legal Acts of an Unrecognised Entity”, 94 Law Quarterly Review, p. 500 |
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