Iain Girvan Mann Scobbie is a British scholar of international law who is the Chair of International Law at the

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, where he lectures on public international law, international courts and tribunals, and the use of force. He was previously the Sir Joseph Hotung Research Professor in Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East at the

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at the

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, where he remains affiliated.

Early life and education

Scobbie studied from 1977–1981 at the

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, earning an LLB (Hons). In 1981–82 he was at the

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, where he earned an LLB in international law. In 1982–83 he studied at the

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, receiving a GDIL. He was again at Cambridge from 1983–87, where he received a Ph.D. in international law. His doctoral dissertation "examined legal reasoning and the judicial function in the International Court."

Bibliography

Scobbie is one of the editors of ''International Law and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Rights-Based Approach to Middle East Peace'', along with Susan M. Akram, Michael Dumper, and Michael Lynk. The book was published by

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in 2010. He is the author of ''Legal Reasoning and the Judicial Function in the International Court''.

References

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