Alex Murray

Thesis Title

The Fragmentation of International Law: The Avoidance of Regime Conflict.

Thesis Outline

The thesis examines the fragmentation of international law from the perspective of the legal regimes rather than the top-down perspective offered by many accounts of the phenomenon. In doing this, it will be demonstrated that far from being corrosive and damaging, it can be embraced to generate a stronger, more coherent and formalised account of international law.

Supervised By

Professor David Sugarman and Dr. Agata Fijalkowski.

Additional Information

Called to the Bar - 2010 (Middle Temple).

Recipient of FASS Research Scholarship 2010-2013.

International Law in Domestic Courts Case Reporter:

• R v Secretary of State ex parte Thring, Appeal judgment; ILDC 1762 (UK 2000)

• Trendtex Trading Corporation v Central Bank of Nigeria [1977] QB 529; Appeal decision; ILDC 1735 (UK 1977)

• Pinochet (No.3) [1999] UKHL 17; ILDC 1736

• R (on the application of M) (Appellant) v Her Majesty's Treasury (Respondent) and two others, Appeal Judgment, [2008] UKHL 26; ILDC 1539

Current Teaching

• Law 101 - English Legal System and Methods
• Law 105 - European Union Law

Previous Teaching:

• Law 104 - Criminal Law
• Law 311 - Responses to Massive Violations of Human Rights

External Roles

Member of the Native Speaker Board of the Goettingen Journal of International Law

Current Research

• Defining genocide in international criminal law.
• UK Courts' approaches to distinguishing between acts of terrorism and acts of war.