Lee Seokwoo is a

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academic, author and member of the law faculty at

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at Incheon, Korea.

Early life

Lee's earned undergraduate and

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degrees at

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. Further studies led to an LL.M. at the

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and an LL.M. in International Legal Studies at

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.University of Washington
catalog note
/ref> He was engaged in post-graduate research at

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in 1999 and at the

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(IBRU) at

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in 1999-2000. He was also a research scholar at the Asian Studies Centre in

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at Oxford in 2000. Lee's doctorate in Public International Law was conferred by

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in 2001. His dissertation was entitled "International Law and the Resolution of Territorial Disputes over Islands in East Asia." In 2001, he was also a visiting scholar in th
East Asian Legal Studies Program
(EALS) at

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in 2001.Lee, Seokwoo ''et al.'' (2001)
''Towards a framework for the Resolution of the Territorial Dispute,'' back book cover bio note
/ref>

Career

Lee is associate professor of law at

at Incheon, Korea.

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Lee Seokwoo,

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lists only 2 works in 4 publications in 1 language and 5 library holdings. WorldCat Identities

Lee, Seokwoo
/ref> * ''International Law and the Resolution of Territorial Disputes over Islands in East Asia'' (2001 ) * ''Territorial Disputes Among Japan, China, and Taiwan Concerning the Senkaku Islands'' (2002) ; Journals * Lee, Seokwoo Lee and Jon M. Van Dyke
"The 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and Its Relevance to the Sovereignty over Dokdo,"
''Chinese Journal of International Law'' (2010) 9 (4): 741-762. * ___________. "Continuing Relevance of Traditional Modes of Territorial Acquisition in International Law and a Modest Proposal," 16 Conn. J. Int'l L. 1, 13 (2000).

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External links

* IBRU
Abstract: ''Territorial Disputes among Japan, China and Taiwan Concerning the Senkaku Islands''
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