Guest lecture by Professor Anthony Carty 7.4.2011

Invitation

Guest Lecture by Professor Anthony Carty:

Can the International Lawyer Aspire to be a Philosopher or an Intellectual?

Venue University of Helsinki, Porthania, Faculty Meeting Room P545 Yliopistonkatu 3

Time 7 April 2011 at 14.00 - 16.00

Note Participants are encouraged to read the following article prior to talk: "On the Relational Aesthetics of International Law: Philosophy of International Law, Anthony Carty" by Peter Goodrich (Journal of the History of International Law 10 (2008) 321–341)

Anthony Carty is the holder of the Sir Y K Pao Chair in Public Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, presently on leave of absence as the Chair of Public Law from the University of Aberdeen. Professor Carty studied law at Queen's University Belfast, London, and Cambridge. He has a long and sustained interest in public international law, international legal history and the history of legal ideas. Known as a critical voice in the discipline, Professor Carty has approached the study of international law from a sociological, philosophical, historical, cultural and practical perspective. He has written on European, German, French, and British perspectives of international law as well as across autonomous regions inside states such as Scotland and the Basque country. Carty is also interested in the role of lawyers in foreign policy and is about to complete a study on the legal advisers to the British Foreign Office covering the period from 1945 to 1961.

Carty´s relevant publications include: Books: Philosophy of International Law, Edinburgh University Press, 2007; The Decay Of International Law: A Reappraisal Of The Limits Of Legal Imagination In International Affairs, Palgrave Macmillan, 1986;

Articles or book chapters: "The Evolution of International Legal Scholarship in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimarer Republic (1871-1933)", German Yearbook of International Law, 2008; "The Yearning for Unity and the Eternal Return of the Tower of Babel", European Journal of Legal Studies," 2007; "State and Nation in the International Tradition: a History of French-German Antagonisms and Possible Responses in the Spanish late Medieval Tradition", East Asian and European Perspectives in the History of International Law, 2004. "Convergences and Divergences in European International Law Traditions," European Journal of International Law, 2000. "Sovereignty in International Law: a Concept of Eternal Return" in Sovereignty, 1998. "Critical International Law, Recent Trends in the Theory of International Law", European Journal of International Law, 1991;

Registration: Kindly send an e-mail indicating the name of the participant and contact details to intlaw-institute@helsinki.fi by 1 April 2011.

The Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Helsinki wish you warmly welcome!