Malcolm Nathan Shaw KC (born 1947) is a British legal academic, author, editor and lawyer.

Early life

Shaw studied at the University of Liverpool (LLB), the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (LLM) and Keele University (PhD).

Career

Shaw was the Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law at the University of Leicester and taught international law,

human rights Human rights are universally recognized Morality, moral principles or Social norm, norms that establish standards of human behavior and are often protected by both Municipal law, national and international laws. These rights are considered ...

and equity and trusts. Following retirement, he was appointed as Senior Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge and made a Trustee of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He is a practising

barrister A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdiction (area), jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include arguing cases in courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, jurisprud ...

and

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...

. He teaches a course on human rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem each year. He is the author of a best selling book on International Law (first published in 1977; 6th edition released in 2008). He also edited ''Title to Territory'', a collection of articles on title and sovereignty in international law. His textbook is one of the key tomes used in introductory courses on international law. Shaw has appeared before the

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court hears applications alleging that a co ...

European Court of Justice The European Court of Justice (ECJ), officially the Court of Justice (), is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law. As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Union, it is tasked with interpreting ...

, the

UK Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (initialism: UKSC) is the final court of appeal for all civil cases in the United Kingdom and all criminal cases originating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, as well as some limited criminal cases ...

, and the

International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice (ICJ; , CIJ), or colloquially the World Court, is the only international court that Adjudication, adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on International law, internation ...

(ICJ). Before the ICJ, he has represented countries such as the UAE, Serbia, and Cameroon. He has represented Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Ireland, and Malaysia in front of the other courts. In January 2024, he was on the four-person team representing Israel in the

case Case or CASE may refer to: Instances * Instantiation (disambiguation), a realization of a concept, theme, or design * Special case, an instance that differs in a certain way from others of the type Containers * Case (goods), a package of relate ...

brought by

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

in the ICJ regarding accusations of genocidal acts by Israel in Gaza in the course of the

Gaza war The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel fought since 7 October 2023. A part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflict, Gaza–Israel conflicts dating ...

Selected works

Shaw's published writings encompass 20 works in 54 publications in three languages and 2,999 library holdings. * ''International Law'' (1977) * ''Dispute-settlement in Africa'' (1983) * ''International Law and Intervention in Africa'' (1985) * ''Title to Territory in Africa: International Legal Issues'' (1986) * ''Genocide and International Law'' (1989) * ''The Definition of Minorities in International Law'' (1991) * ''Succession d'états aux biens et aux dettes: opinion à la Commission d'étude des questions afférentes à l'accession du Québec à la souveraineté'' (1992) * ''La dette extérieure'' (1995) * ''The International Court of Justice: a Practical Perspective(1997) * ''The Heritage of States: the Principle of "''uti possidetis juris''" Today'' (1997) * ''Nemzetközi jog'' (2001) * ''Title to Territory'' (2005) * ''The International Law of Territory'' (2008)

Lectures

''The International Legal Principles Relating to Territorial Disputes: The Acquisition of Title to Territory''
in th

* ttp://legal.un.org/avl/faculty/Shaw.html ''Settling Territorial Disputes''in th
Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

in th

References

External links

Essex Court Chambers profile and CV
Living people 1947 births British legal scholars British barristers International law scholars Academics of the University of Leicester Alumni of the University of Liverpool Alumni of Keele University Members of Gray's Inn 20th-century King's Counsel {{UK-law-bio-stub