
LCIL International Law Centre Podcast
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law is the scholarly home of International law at the University of Cambridge. The Centre, founded by Sir Elihu Lauterpacht QC in 1983, serves as a forum for the discussion and development of international law and is one of the specialist law centres of the Faculty of Law.
The Centre holds weekly lectures on topical issues of international law by leading practitioners and academics.
For more information see the LCIL website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/
Latest episodes

Oct 26, 2012 • 44min
'Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy' by Professor Mark Drumbl
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 26th October 2012 by Professor Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor and Director of the Transnational Law Institute, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk
(Photo credit: Amnesty International)

Oct 22, 2012 • 48min
'International Law: Recollections and Reflections' by Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht CBE QC LLD
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'International Law: Recollections and Reflections', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 19th October 2012 by Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht CBE QC LLD, Emeritus Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge and Founding Director of the Lauterpacht Centre.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk
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Oct 9, 2012 • 10min
'The Scholar and International Legal Practice: A Panel Discussion on the Occasion of the Launch of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law' panel introduction by Professor Marc Weller (Audio)
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
The first lecture in the series for the 2012-13 academic year celebrated the launch of the eighth edition of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law by James Crawford (OUP, 2012) with a panel discussion entitled 'The Scholar and International Legal Practice'. The discussion was held at the Faculty of Law on Friday 5th October 2012 and featured contributions from Professor Colin Warbrick (Birmingham), Professor Vaughan Lowe (Oxford), Professor Christine Gray (Cambridge) and Professor James Crawford (Cambridge), and was chaired by Professor Marc Weller (Cambridge).
The current item features the introduction by Professor Marc Weller, Director of the Lauterpacht Centre.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Oct 9, 2012 • 10min
'The Scholar and International Legal Practice: A Panel Discussion on the Occasion of the Launch of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law' panel contribution by Professor Vaughan Lowe (Audio)
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
The first lecture in the series for the 2012-13 academic year celebrated the launch of the eighth edition of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law by James Crawford (OUP, 2012) with a panel discussion entitled 'The Scholar and International Legal Practice'. The discussion was held at the Faculty of Law on Friday 5th October 2012 and featured contributions from Professor Colin Warbrick (Birmingham), Professor Vaughan Lowe (Oxford), Professor Christine Gray (Cambridge) and Professor James Crawford (Cambridge), and was chaired by Professor Marc Weller (Cambridge).
The current item features the contribution by Professor Vaughan Lowe.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Oct 9, 2012 • 15min
'The Scholar and International Legal Practice: A Panel Discussion on the Occasion of the Launch of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law' panel contribution by Professor James Crawford (Audio)
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
The first lecture in the series for the 2012-13 academic year celebrated the launch of the eighth edition of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law by James Crawford (OUP, 2012) with a panel discussion entitled 'The Scholar and International Legal Practice'. The discussion was held at the Faculty of Law on Friday 5th October 2012 and featured contributions from Professor Colin Warbrick (Birmingham), Professor Vaughan Lowe (Oxford), Professor Christine Gray (Cambridge) and Professor James Crawford (Cambridge), and was chaired by Professor Marc Weller (Cambridge).
The current item features the contribution by Professor James Crawford.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Oct 9, 2012 • 6min
'The Scholar and International Legal Practice: A Panel Discussion on the Occasion of the Launch of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law' panel contribution by Professor Christine Gray (Audio)
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
The first lecture in the series for the 2012-13 academic year celebrated the launch of the eighth edition of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law by James Crawford (OUP, 2012) with a panel discussion entitled 'The Scholar and International Legal Practice'. The discussion was held at the Faculty of Law on Friday 5th October 2012 and featured contributions from Professor Colin Warbrick (Birmingham), Professor Vaughan Lowe (Oxford), Professor Christine Gray (Cambridge) and Professor James Crawford (Cambridge), and was chaired by Professor Marc Weller (Cambridge).
The current item features the contribution by Professor Christine Gray.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Oct 9, 2012 • 31min
'The Scholar and International Legal Practice: A Panel Discussion on the Occasion of the Launch of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law' panel contribution by Professor Colin Warbrick (Audio)
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
The first lecture in the series for the 2012-13 academic year celebrated the launch of the eighth edition of Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law by James Crawford (OUP, 2012) with a panel discussion entitled 'The Scholar and International Legal Practice'. The discussion was held at the Faculty of Law on Friday 5th October 2012 and featured contributions from Professor Colin Warbrick (Birmingham), Professor Vaughan Lowe (Oxford), Professor Christine Gray (Cambridge) and Professor James Crawford (Cambridge), and was chaired by Professor Marc Weller (Cambridge).
The current item features the contribution by Professor Colin Warbrick.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

May 14, 2012 • 38min
'A Cosmopolitan Perspective on the Responsibility to Protect' by Professor Olivier de Frouville
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'A Cosmopolitan Perspective on the Responsibility to Protect', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 11th May 2012 by Professor Olivier de Frouville, Professor of Public Law and Director of the International Law Programme, University of Montpellier 1. and chaired by Professor Marc Weller, Director of the Lauterpacht Centre and Professor of International Law and International Constitutional Studies, University of Cambridge.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Apr 30, 2012 • 43min
'Deformalization in International Law - the Temptation of a Move Away from the Theory of Sources' by Dr Jean d'Aspremont
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Deformalization in International Law - the Temptation of a Move Away from the Theory of Sources', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 27th April 2012 by Dr Jean d'Aspremont, Associate Professor of Law and Adjunct Research Director, Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam and chaired by Professor Philip Allott, Emeritus Professor of International Public Law, University of Cambridge.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Mar 16, 2012 • 51min
'Iran's Nuclear Programme and International Law' by Professor Daniel Joyner
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.
This lecture, entitled 'Iran's Nuclear Programme and International Law', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 16th March 2012 by Professor Daniel Joyner, Professor of Law, University of Alabama School of Law and chaired by Professor Marc Weller, Director of the Lauterpacht Centre. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk