Derek Bowett

Derek William Bowett ( born April 20, 1927 in Manchester, † 23 May, 2009 Cambridge ) was a British legal scholar who has worked in various senior positions in the field of international law. So he worked from 1981 to 1991 as Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge and from 1991 to 1996 as a member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations.

Life

Derek Bowett was born in 1927 in Manchester, where he completed his education, and was followed from 1945 to 1948 in the service of the Royal Navy operates. From 1948 to 1951 he studied law at the University of Cambridge. By 1959, he then worked as a lecturer at the University of Manchester, where he received his doctorate in 1956.

On his return to Cambridge he worked there from 1960 to 1981 as a lecturer, including in 1976 with teaching in the field of international law. From 1969 to 1982 he was President of Queens ' College, University of Cambridge. In 1981 he was appointed by the University to the Whewell Professor of International Law. He held until 1991 this position. In the same year he became a member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations, where he remained until 1996.

He died in 2009 in Cambridge.

Awards

Derek Bowett in 1975 an Honorary Bencher ( an appointed senior member) of the British Bar Association of the Middle Temple and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1978. The American Society of International Law in 1981 awarded him an honorary membership. From 1983 he was a Fellow of the British Academy and Commander (CBE ) of the Order of the British Empire. In addition, he was included in the Danish Dannebrog Order 1993 as commander and knighted in 1998.

Works (selection)

• Self Defence in International Law. Manchester 1958
• The Legal Regime of Islands in International Law. Dobbs Ferry 1979
• The Law of International Institutions. London 1982