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Associate Professor of International Law

M.A. (Cantab), LL.M. (LSE), BVC (Middle Temple), Ph.D. (Cantab)

Interests

Andrew’s research explores topical and structural questions of international law and global governance, with a current focus on the role, regulation and responsibility of global private actors and their relationship with international law and the state. He is also interested in the interaction between international law and other legal/normative systems; the law of immunity; the impact of digital technologies and big data on democracy and global governance; the law of genocide; international law on the use of force; and the ways in which international law exacerbates and/or responds to human vulnerability, disenfranchisement and inequality. Among other things, Andrew is currently completing a project called “Everywhere and Nowhere: The Transnational Corporation in the Global Legal Order”.

CV / Biography

Andrew is an Associate Professor of International Law; a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law; and a Fellow, Director of Studies in Law and Dean of College at Corpus Christi College. 

Andrew went to a state comprehensive secondary school before reading Philosophy and Law at Cambridge (Selwyn College). He went to the London School of Economics for an LLM in Public International Law before returning to Cambridge for a PhD. He was previously a Junior Research Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and a Junior Research Lecturer at Newnham College. In 2016, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He presented his research at the Tenth Annual Penn-Stanford International Faculty Forum, Stanford Law School and the NYU/Nottingham/Melbourne, Fifth Annual Junior Faculty Forum in International Law. From 2020-2022, Andrew was the Academic Secretary of the Faculty of Law and a Faculty Officer. In 2022, he was awarded the Student-Led Teaching Award for Small-Group Teaching (Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences); in 2023, he was a Finalist for the Oxford University Press Law Teacher of the Year Award; and in 2024, he was awarded the University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Andrew is a Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School and teaches on the Melbourne Law Masters (from 2022). He is also a Research Collaborator on the Laureate Program in Global Corporations and International Law, a member of the Transnational Association of Legal Scholars, and a Note Editor for the Cambridge Law Journal

Andrew teaches and supervises in the areas of international law and global governance, including the regulation of global corporations, business and human rights, and the law on the use of force. He advises states, international organisations, and NGOs on questions of international law, and he is member of legal teams in cases currently before the International Court of Justice and in arbitral proceedings (inter-state and state-corporation). He also provides advice and legal training to government officials and practitioners.

Selected publications

 

Books

Oxford Handbook on Global Corporations and International Law (ed)), forthcoming

Co-editor(s):
Andreas Kulick, Doreen Lustig

Harris' Cases and Materials on International Law (with Sandesh Sivakumaran)) 10th Edition, forthcoming

Co-Author/s:
Sandesh Sivakumaran
Publisher:

Everywhere and Nowhere: The Global Corporation in the International Legal Order, 2026)

Gray's International Law and the Use of Force (with Christine Gray), 2026) 5th Edition

Co-Author/s:
Christine Gray

Great Debates in International Law (with Rumiana Yotova), 2026)

Co-Author/s:
Rumiana Yotova
Publisher:

Immunities of Special Missions (with Michael Wood), 2019)

Co-editor(s):
Michael Wood
Co-Author/s:
Michael Wood
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9789004360556

Articles

"The Cape Town Convention and Private Enforcement of Property Rights in Public International Law" (2024) 9(1) Cape Town Convention Journal 18-35

Citation:
(2024) 9(1) Cape Town Convention Journal 18-35
DOI:
10.4337/ctcj.2024.01.02

"Review of Executive Action Abroad: The UK Supreme Court in the International Legal Order" (2019) 68(1) ICLQ 35-66

Citation:
(2019) 68(1) ICLQ 35-66
DOI:
10.1017/S0020589318000374

"Transnational Corporate Responsibility in Domestic Courts: Still Out of Reach?" (2019) 113 American Journal of International Law Unbound 4

Citation:
(2019) 113 American Journal of International Law Unbound 4
DOI:
10.1017/aju.2018.95

"State Immunity and the Right of Access to a Court under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights" (2016) 65(1) International and Comparative Law Quarterly 213

Citation:
(2016) 65(1) International and Comparative Law Quarterly 213
DOI:
10.1017/S0020589315000524

"Corporations and Transnational Litigation: Comparing Kiobel with the Jurisprudence of English Courts" (2013) 107(4) American Journal of International Law Unbound e-23

Citation:
(2013) 107(4) American Journal of International Law Unbound e-23

"Immunity of State Officials from the Criminal Jurisdiction of a Foreign State" (2013) 62(1) International and Comparative Law Quarterly 193-224

Citation:
(2013) 62(1) International and Comparative Law Quarterly 193-224

"The Contemporary Law of Blockade and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla" (2011) 13 Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 397

Citation:
(2011) 13 Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 397

"Force of Circumstance: The European Arrest Warrant and Human Rights" (2010) 6(1) Democracy and Security 17

Book Chapters

"Corporate Governance and International Law" in Andreas Kulick, Doreen Lustig, Andrew Sanger (ed(s)), Oxford Handbook on Global Corporations and International Law), forthcoming

"The Use of Force and the International Legal Order" (with Christine Gray) in Malcolm Evans (ed(s)), International Law, 2024), pp. 592-626

"The Immunities of Members of Special Missions" (with Michael Wood) in T Ruys, N Angelet and L Ferro (ed(s)), Cambridge Handbook on Immunities and International Law, 2019)

Case Notes

Inherent Illegality: Israel’s Presence in Occupied Palestinian Territory Violates Fundamental Rules of International Law (2025) 84(1) Cambridge Law Journal 1

DOI:
10.1017/S0008197325000212

Treasure Hunters Beware! Sovereign Immunity Protects States in Salvage Proceedings (2024) 83(3) Cambridge Law Journal 397

Co-Author/s:
Dominic Bielby
DOI:
10.1017/S0008197324000527

Genocide Cases Before the International Court: Community Action to Enforce Fundamental Norms (2024) 83(2) Cambridge Law Journal 199

DOI:
10.1017/S0008197324000278

Russian Threats of Force Against Ukraine May Constitute Duress in English Contract Law (2024) 83(1) Cambridge Law Journal 1

Co-Author/s:
Janet O’Sullivan
DOI:
10.1017/S0008197324000035

Deference and Dualism Are Not Friends of the Earth (2023) 82(2) Cambridge Law Journal 195

Co-Author/s:
Alison Young
DOI:
10.1017/S0008197323000235

An Involuntary Union? Supreme Court Rejects Scotland's Claim for Unilateral Referendum on Independence (2023) 82(1) Cambridge Law Journal 1

Co-Author/s:
Alison Young
DOI:
10.1017/S0008197323000090

False Claims of Genocide Have Real Effects: ICJ Indicates Provisional Measures in Ukraine’s Proceedings Against Russia (2022) 81(2) Cambridge Law Journal 217

DOI:
10.1017/S0008197322000265

From Ambition to Obligation: Royal Dutch Shell Ordered to Reduce Co2 Emissions in Line with Paris Agreement (2021) 80(3) Cambridge Law Journal 425

DOI:
10.1017/S0008197321000891

Who Controls Venezuela’s Gold? De Facto and De Jure Recognition of a Foreign Head of State (2021) 80(1) Cambridge Law Journal 11

DOI:
10.1017/S0008197321000167

Corporate Liability for Breaches of International Law Abroad: Canadian Supreme Court Opens the Door but Questions Remain (2020) 79(3) Cambridge Law Journal 381

DOI:
10.1017/S0008197320000604

Parent Company Duty of Care to Third Parties Harmed by Overseas Subsidiaries (2019) 78(3) Cambridge Law Journal 486

DOI:
10.1017/S0008197319000801

Decisions of British Courts During 2017 Involving Questions of Public International Law (2019) 88 British Yearbook of International Law

Identification of Special Mission Immunity and the Reception of Customary International Law into English Law (2019) 78(1) Cambridge Law Journal 1

Corporate Liability For Human Rights Abuse: For Congress, Not Courts (2018) 77(3) Cambridge Law Journal 441

DOI:
10.1017/S000819731800079X

Decisions of British Courts During 2016 Involving Questions of Public International Law (2018) 87 British Yearbook of International Law 298–336

Co-Author/s:
J Trinidad
DOI:
10.1093/bybil/bry022

The Limits of State and Diplomatic Immunity in Employment Disputes (2018) 77(1) Cambridge Law Journal 1

UK Government Cannot Hide from Complicity in Human Rights Abuses (2017) 76(2) Cambridge Law Journal 223

Decisions of British Courts During 2015 Involving Questions of Public International Law (2015) 86 British Yearbook of International Law 239–290

Decisions of British Courts During 2014 Involving Questions of Public International Law (2015) 85 British Yearbook of International Law 197-251

Decisions of British Courts During 2013 Involving Questions of Public International Law (2014) 84 British Yearbook of International Law 395-484

The State Immunity Act and the Right of Access to a Court (Benkharbouche v Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan) (2014) 73(1) Cambridge Law Journal 1

Daimler v. Bauman – Kiobel’s younger brother? (2014) American Journal of International Law Unbound (27 January 2014)

Transnational Human Rights Cases? Not in our Backyard! (2013) 72(3) Cambridge Law Journal 487

Crossing the Corporate Veil: The Duty of Care Owed by a Parent Company to the Employees of its Subsidiary (2012) 71(3) Cambridge Law Journal 478 (cited with approval in Lungowe v Vedanta Resources Plc [2016] EWHC 975)

Property Rights in an Occupied Territory (2011) 70(1) Cambridge Law Journal 7

Blog Posts

Conference Papers

"Zones of Interaction: International Standards and Corporate Behaviour" (Melbourne Law School Global Corporations Project )

Conference:
Melbourne Law School Global Corporations Project

"Private Actor Responsibility" (A Discussion on International Law and Palestine: Responsibility, Reparations & Reconciliation)

Conference:
A Discussion on International Law and Palestine: Responsibility, Reparations & Reconciliation

"Recognition without Responsibility: The National Corporation in International Law" (Melbourne Law School Global Corporations Project )

Conference:
Melbourne Law School Global Corporations Project

"International Law: Reparations and the Responsibility of Private Actors" (Reparations for Slavery and Haiti's 1825 Indemnification: The Responsibility of Contemporary Private Actors)

Conference:
Reparations for Slavery and Haiti's 1825 Indemnification: The Responsibility of Contemporary Private Actors

"A Right Without a Remedy? Private Enforcement of Property Rights Under the Cape Town Convention" (Cape Town Convention Academic Conference)

Conference:
Cape Town Convention Academic Conference

"Regulating Offshore Secrecy in the Overseas Territories" (International Symposium on Economic Crime)

Co-Author/s:
Jamie Trinidad
Conference:
International Symposium on Economic Crime

"The Digital Corporation and Sovereignty" (Workshop)

Conference:
Workshop

"Protecting Democracies from Global Digital Platforms: What Role for International Law?" (Democracy and International Law Workshop)

Conference:
Democracy and International Law Workshop

"Everywhere and Nowhere: International Law's Partial Recognition of the Corporation" (Penn-Stanford International Junior Faculty Forum)

Conference:
Penn-Stanford International Junior Faculty Forum

"Foreign Direct Liability of EU Parent Corporations: Challenges and Responses" (Business and Human Rights: International Law Challenges, European Responses Conference)

Conference:
Business and Human Rights: International Law Challenges, European Responses Conference

"International Law and the Corporate Regulatory Challenge" (Fifth Annual Junior Faculty Forum for International Law, New York University School of Law, 27-29 June 2016)

Conference:
Fifth Annual Junior Faculty Forum for International Law, New York University School of Law, 27-29 June 2016

"Self-defence Against Un-attributable Attacks by Non-State Actors" (24th Annual SLS-BIICL Conference on Theory and International Law)

Conference:
24th Annual SLS-BIICL Conference on Theory and International Law

"The Great International Law Bake Off: Alien Tort Claims and the Creation of International/National Hybrid Norms" (Cambridge Journal of International Law Conference 2013)

Conference:
Cambridge Journal of International Law Conference 2013

"Corporate Liability for Assisting State Violations of International Humanitarian Law" (War Crimes Conference 2009, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies)

Conference:
War Crimes Conference 2009, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies