John Anthony "Tony" Carty, (born 1947), is a legal scholar in Hong Kong, where he holds the Sir Y K Pao Chair Professorship of Public Law in the University of Hong Kong. He formerly served as Professor of Public Law in the University of Aberdeen.

Education

He received an LL.B. (

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in 1968, an LL.M. ( University College, London, 1969), and a PhD ( Cambridge, 1973)

Career

Carty was Eversheds Professor, University of Derby, 1994-2003, Professor of Law, University of Westminster 2003-2005, and then Professor of Public Law, University of Aberdeen from January 2006- on. He is also the holder of the Sir Y K Pao Chair of Public Law, University of Hong Kong, from April 2009 to the present. From 2010 on, he is the 'Editor in Chief of the ''Online Oxford Bibliography of International Law'' Carty's research interests focus on international law, including the theory of international law, human rights, the theory of autonomous regions within states, such as Scotland, the Basque Country etc., law and development, law and literature and legal philosophy, especially the history of legal thought.

Publications

Books

*Carty, A. and Smith, A. McC. (eds.), ''Power and Manoeuvrability: The International Implications of an Independent Scotland'', Q Press, Edinburgh, *Carty, A. '' Philosophy of International Law,'' Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 808 libraries *Carty, A and Smith, R. A. ''Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice and the World Crisis: A Legal Adviser in the Foreign Office 1932-1945,'' Kluwer (2000) *Carty, A., (ed.) ''Post-modern law : enlightenment, revolution, and the death of man'' Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1990. *Carty, A. and G M Danilenko, eds. ''Perestroika and international law : current Anglo-Soviet approaches to international law'' New York : St. Martin's Press, 1990.

Articles

* ''Independence and the Scottish Political Imagination'', in Hearn, Sheila G. (ed.), ''Cencrastus'' No. 11, New Year 1983, pp. 26 – 28, * ''Scottish Legal Culture and the Withering Away of the State: A Study in Neil MacCormick, MacCormick's Nationalism'', in Hearn, Sheila G.(ed.), ''Cencrastus'' No. 14, Autumn 1983, pp. 5 – 9,

References

External links

*Oxford Bibliography Website: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/page/international-law *University of Aberdeen Website: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/law/people/profiles/a.carty *HKU Webpage: https://web.archive.org/web/20130316123116/http://www.law.hku.hk/faculty/staff/tony_carty.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Carty, Anthony Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Humboldt Research Award recipients International law scholars Academics of the University of Aberdeen Academic staff of the University of Hong Kong Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Alumni of University College London Alumni of the University of Cambridge 1947 births