Malcolm Shaw


Malcolm Nathan Shaw QC is a British legal academic, author, editor and lawyer.

Early life

Shaw studied at the University of Liverpool, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Keele University.

Career

Shaw was the Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law at the University of Leicester and taught international law, human rights 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 and jurist.
He is the author of a best selling book on International Law. He also edited Title to Territory, a collection of articles on title and sovereignty in international law.

Selected works

Shaw's published writings encompass 20 works in 54 publications in 3 languages and 2,999 library holdings.