Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) at the Faculty of Law, Cambridge, England, was founded in 1985 by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht^[1] under the name The Research Centre for International Law. It was renamed in 1997 "to honour the achievements of his father Sir Hersch Lauterpacht and himself".^[2] The purpose of the centre is to "promote international law by a combination of individual and group research, whether undertaken privately by scholars or funded externally, and by the publication of monographs and collections of primary materials".^[3]

Directors:

• Sir Elihu Lauterpacht (1985–1995)
• John Dugard (1995–1997)
• James Crawford (1997–2003)
• Daniel Bethlehem QC (2003–2006)
• Charlotte Ku (October 2006 – March 2007)
• James Crawford (April 2007 – September 2010)
• Marc Weller (October 2010 – present)

References

1. Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC at "20 Essex Street Barristers"
2. Squire Law Library at University of Cambridge
3. University of Cambridge Law research centres

External links

• Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
• On the Cambridge Graduate Studies Prospectus

Coordinates: 52°12′07″N 0°06′14″E / 52.2019°N 0.1038°E