MICHAEL BYERS

ADDRESS:

Liu Institute for Global Issues

University of British Columbia

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Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z2, Canada

Tel. +1-604-***-****

E-mail: abqp7l@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION:

1996 D.Phil. Oxford University (Jesus College) (by incorporation)

1996 Ph.D. Cambridge University (Queens College)

1992 B.C.L. McGill University, Droit civil du Quebec

1992 LL.B. McGill University, English Canadian Common Law

1988 B.A. (honours) University of Saskatchewan, Political Studies and English Literature

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

July 2004

Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Global Politics and International Law

Department of Political Science & Liu Institute for Global Issues

University of British Columbia

July-August 2005

Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa

April 2004

Visiting Professor, Buchmann Faculty of Law, University of Tel Aviv, Israel

2003-2004

Professor of Law (with tenure), Duke University School of Law

Director, Center for Canadian Studies, Duke University

Co-director, JD/LLM Program in International & Comparative Law

Nov-Dec 2003

Commerzbank Visiting Professor, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany

1999-2003

Associate Professor, Duke University School of Law

Director, JD/LLM Program in International & Comparative Law

Sept 2001-July 2002

Peter North Visiting Fellow, Keble College & Centre for Socio-Legal Studies,

Oxford University

1996-1999

Junior Research Fellow, Jesus College, Oxford University

1996-1998 (summers only)

Visiting Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Law and International Law,

Heidelberg, Germany

LANGUAGES:

Oral proficiency in French and German; oral and written fluency in English

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:

Books

Intent for a Nation: What is Canada For? (Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, June 2007) 248 pp.

War Law: Understanding International Law and Armed Conflict (2005) (UK: Atlantic Books) (Canada:

Douglas & McIntyre); (Germany: Kreigsrecht, Parthas Verlag); (2006) (US: Grove/Atlantic) (Brazil:

Record Distribuidora) (Italy: Newton & Compton) (Turkey: DEFNE) 224 pp.

Co-editor (with Georg Nolte), United States Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law

(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003) 500 pp.

Editor, The Role of Law in International Politics: Essays on International Relations and International Law

(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000) 354 pp.

Translator & reviser, Wilhelm G. Grewe, The Epochs of International Law (Berlin: Walter De Gruyter,

2000) 780 pp.

Custom, Power and the Power of Rules: International Relations and Customary International Law

(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999) 246 pp.

Journal Articles

Internationales Recht und internationale Politik in der Nordwestpassage: Konsequenzen des

Klimawandels, (2006) 66(4) Zeitschrift f r ausl ndisches ffentliches Recht und V lkerrecht

(forthcoming).

(with Adriana Sinclair) When US scholars speak of sovereignty, what do they mean? (2007) 55(3)

Political Studies (forthcoming); also published as TranState working paper No. 44 at

http://www.sfb597.uni-bremen.de/ >.

Not yet havoc: Geopolitical change and the international rules on military force, (2005) 31 (S1) Review

of International Studies (Special Issue: Force and Legitimacy in World Politics) 51-70, reprinted in David

Armstrong, Theo Farrell & Bice Maiguashca, Force and Legitimacy in World Politics (Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 2005) 51-70.

War, Law, and Geopolitical Change, (2005-2006) 61(1) International Journal 199-211.

(with David Barber & Louis Fortier) The incredible shrinking sea ice, (2005) 26(1) Policy Options 66-71.

Policing the High Seas: The Proliferation Security Initiative, (2004) 98 American Journal of International

Law 526-45.

Agreeing to Disagree: Security Council Resolution 1441 and Intentional Ambiguity, (2004) 10(2) Global

Governance 165-86; Spanish translation in Manuel Becerra (ed.), Aspectos juridico-politicos de la guerra

de Iraq (Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Aut noma de M xico, 2005) 113-43.

Canadian armed forces under United States command, (2002-2003) 58(1) International Journal 89-114.

Preemptive Self-defense: Hegemony, Equality and Strategies of Legal Change, (2003) 11 Journal of

Political Philosophy 171-90.

Letting the Exception Prove the Rule, (2003) 17(1) Ethics & International Affairs 9-16.

International Law and the Angry Superpower, (2003) 3 Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional 93-

106.

Abuse of Rights: An Old Principle, A New Age, (2001-2002) 47(2) McGill Law Journal 389-431.

The Shifting Foundations of International Law: A Decade of Forceful Measures Against Iraq, (2002) 13

European Journal of International Law 21-41.

Terrorism, the Use of Force and International Law after 11 September, (2002) 51 International &

Comparative Law Quarterly 401-14; reprinted in (2002) 16 International Relations 155-70.

International Law and the American National Interest, (2000) 1 Chicago Journal of International Law

257-61.

The Law and Politics of the Pinochet Case, (2000) 10 Duke Journal of Comparative Law & International

Law 415-41.

Conceptualizing the Relationship between Jus Cogens and Erga Omnes Rules, (1997) 66 Nordic Journal

of International Law 211-39.

Taking the Law out of International Law: A Critique of the Iterative Perspective, (1997) 38 Harvard

International Law Journal 201-5.

Custom, Power and the Power of Rules: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Customary International

Law, (1995) 17 Michigan Journal of International Law 109-80.

State Immunity: Article 18 of the International Law Commission s Draft, (1995) 14 International and

Comparative Law Quarterly 882-93.

Book Chapters

Terrorism, War and International Law, in Chris Miller (ed.) War On Terror: Oxford Amnesty Lectures

2006 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007) (forthcoming).

Crisis, what crisis? Trans-Atlantic Differences and the Foundations of International Law, in Jeff

Anderson, John Ikenberry & Thomas Risse (eds.), The End of the West? Exploring the Deep Structure of

the Transatlantic Order (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007) (forthcoming).

Europe, the Laws of War and Geopolitical Change: 1837-2005, in Susumu Yamauchi, Ryo Oshiba &

Kazuyasu Ochiai (eds), Conflict and Settlement in Europe (Tokyo: Hitotsubashi University Press, 2006).

Not yet havoc: Geopolitical change and the international rules on military force, in David Armstrong,

Theo Farrell & Bice Maiguashca, Force and Legitimacy in World Politics (Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press, 2005) 51-70.

International Institutions: Canada s Role, in Canadian Values in the World Community: Building Trust,

Balancing Global Politics (Calgary: Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership, 2005) 129-34.

(with Simon Chesterman) Changing the Rules about Rules? Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention and the

Future of International Law, in J.L. Holzgrefe & Robert Keohane (eds), Humanitarian Intervention:

Ethical, Legal and Political Dilemmas (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003) 177-203; reprinted

in Richard Falk, Hilal Elver & Lisa Hajjar, Human Rights: Critical Concepts in Political Science

(Abingdon: Routledge, 2007) (forthcoming).

Terror and the Future of International Law, in Ken Booth & Tim Dunne (eds.), Worlds in Collision

(Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002) 118-27.

(with Simon Chesterman) You, The People : Pro-Democratic Intervention in International Law, in

Gregory H. Fox & Brad R. Roth (eds.), Democratic Governance and International Law (Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 2000) 259-92.

Case Comments

Decisions of British Courts During 2001 Involving Questions of Public International Law, (2001) 72

British Yearbook of International Law 413-36.

Decisions of British Courts During 2000 Involving Questions of Public International Law, (2000) 71

British Yearbook of International Law 405-34.

Decisions of British Courts During 1999 Involving Questions of Public International Law, (1999) 70

British Yearbook of International Law 277-318.

Decisions of British Courts During 1998 Involving Questions of Public International Law, (1998) 69

British Yearbook of International Law 305-31.

Decisions of British Courts During 1997 Involving Questions of Public International Law, (1997) 68

British Yearbook of International Law 301-29.

Decisions of British Courts During 1996 Involving Questions of Public International Law, (1996) 67

British Yearbook of International Law 537-76.

Introductory Note and Translation - Former Syrian Ambassador to the German Democratic Republic (2

BvG 1516/96) (10 June 1997, German Federal Constitutional Court), (1999) 115 International Law

Reports 595-618.

Introductory Note - Controller and Auditor-General v. Sir Ronald Davison (New Zealand Court of

Appeal), (1997) 36 International Legal Materials 721-6.

London Review of Books (essays)

Unfrozen Sea, (22 March 2007) 29(6) London Review of Books 42-3,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n06/byer01_.html

War Crimes, (17 August 2006) 28(16) London Review of Books,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n16/byer01_.html

Flyweight Belligerents, (5 May 2005) 27(9) London Review of Books,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n09/byer01_.html

When the Ice Melts, (6 January 2005) 27(1) London Review of Books 9-11,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n01/byer01_.html (reviewed in The Guardian, 21 May 2005,

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,1488678,00.html ; reprinted in (2005) 44(1) Niin & N in:

Filosofinen Aikakauslehti (Finland))

Alleged War Criminals, (22 July 2004) 26(14) London Review of Books,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n14/byer01_.html

A New Type of War, (29 April 2004) 26(7) London Review of Books 27,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n09/byer01_.html ; reprinted in (2004) 30 Canadian Council of International Law

Bulletin

The Ultimate Justice Show, (8 January 2004) 26(1) London Review of Books,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n01/byer01_.html

The Laws of War US-Style, (20 February 2003) 25(4) London Review of Books 9-10,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v25/n04/byer01_.html

Jumping the Gun, (25 July 2002) 24(14) London Review of Books 3-5,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v24/n14/byer01_.html, reprinted in (September 2002) 09/8 Le Monde diplomatique

(Deutsche Ausgabe) 9

The World According to Cheney, Rice and Rumsfeld, (21 February 2002) 24(4) London Review of

Books 14-5, http://www.lrb.co.uk/v24/n04/byer01_.html

Too Close to the USA, (6 September 2001) 23(17) London Review of Books 22-3,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n17/byer01_.html, reprinted in (2002) 28(1) Canadian Council of International

Law Bulletin 5-8

Ready For A Rematch: Bush v. Saddam, (8 February 2001) 23(3) London Review of Books 7-8,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v23/n03/byer01_.html, edited version reprinted in The Independent on Sunday

(U.K.), 18 February 2001

Back to the Cold War? (22 June 2000) (22(12)) London Review of Books 16-7,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v22/n12/byer01_.html

Woken up in Seattle, (6 January 2000) (22(1)) London Review of Books 16-7,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v22/n01/byer01_.html, reprinted in (2000) 1 Ord & Bild (Sweden) 33-6

(with Simon Chesterman) Has US power destroyed the UN? (29 April 1999) (21(9)) London Review of

Books 29-30, http://www.lrb.co.uk/v21/n09/ches01_.html, reprinted in (August 1999) Journal of the Royal

United Services Institute for Defense Studies 27-30

In Pursuit of Pinochet, (21 January 1999) (21(2)) London Review of Books 26-7,

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v21/n02/byer01_.html

Globe and Mail (Toronto)

True North strong and . . . free to give up our sovereignty? (7 Oct. 2006) Globe and Mail (Canada) F10

Afghanistan: Just where is Canada s national interest? (14 Sept. 2006) Globe and Mail (Canada) A19

Not enough to say Israel has a right to defend itself, (5 August 2006) Globe and Mail (Canada) A15

One nation, hold the lament, (8 July 2006) Globe and Mail (Canada) F7

Un Canadien errant: Why I gave up my U.S. green card, (22 April 2006) Globe and Mail (Canada) F6

Our next frontier: the Arctic Ocean, (6 April 2006) Globe and Mail (Canada) A19

Securing the runways, (3 March 2006) Globe and Mail (Canada) A13

(with Jay Zimmermann), Our largest political parties self-interest may at last be reconcilable with the

public interest when it comes to electoral reform, (20 February 2006) Globe and Mail (Canada),

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060220.wcomment0220/BNStory/Front/home

This round in the cultural protection fight goes to Canada, (21 October 2005) Globe and Mail (Canada)

A19

Afghanistan: We cannot risk complicity in torture, (27 September 2005) Globe and Mail (Canada) A17

(with Suzanne Lalonde) Our Arctic sovereignty is on thin ice, (1 August 2005) Globe and Mail (Canada)

A11

In London, life goes on, (8 July 2005) Globe and Mail (Canada), at:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050708.wbyers0708/BNStory/Front/

(with Ross Neil) Canada can lead the way on nuclear weapons, (2 May 2005) Globe and Mail (Canada),

at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050501.wbyers0401/BNStory/National/

We can settle this: Let s trade oil for fish, (11 March 2005) Globe and Mail (Canada) A17

The Devils diversion, (31 January 2005) Globe and Mail (Canada) A13

The high price of getting too cozy, (7 December 2004) Globe and Mail (Canada) A19

Book Review of Mel Hurtig, Rushing to Armageddon: The Shocking Truth About Canada, Missile

Defence, and Star Wars (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2004) (16 October 2004) Globe and Mail

(Canada) D18

Drilling into a cross-border treaty, (23 August 2004) The Globe and Mail (Canada) A11

Missile defence: sorta, kinda, maybe, (6 August 2004) The Globe and Mail (Canada) A11

Don t water down Canada s deal, (26 July 2004) The Globe and Mail (Canada) A13

(with Lloyd Axworthy) May I come to your ranch? (17 November 2003) The Globe and Mail (Canada)

A11

(with Matthew Droz) Who speaks for Canada? (2 September 2003) The Globe and Mail (Canada) A11

(with Lloyd Axworthy) Say no to missile defence, (29 April 2003) The Globe and Mail (Canada) A13

No Iraq war wink, wink, (12 September 2002) The Globe and Mail (Canada) A19

On guard for Uncle Sam? (18 April 2002) The Globe and Mail (Canada) A13

Should Canada give the visiting Rwandan leaders full immunity? The Globe and Mail (Canada), 23

August 1999, A13

Toronto Star

Is Canada s defence minister a war criminal? (29 April 2007) Toronto Star

Let s work to prevent another accidental war, (9 April 2007) Toronto Star

Is Hillier Out of Line? (20 February 2007) Toronto Star

Embassies keep open lines of communication, (3 December 2006) Toronto Star

PM risks being left adrift, exposed, (7 November 2006) Toronto Star

Canada must seek deal with U.S.: Vanishing ice puts Canadian sovereignty in the far north at serious risk,

(27 Oct. 2006) Toronto Star

Examining Israel s right to defend itself, (16 July 2006) Toronto Star

Get a grip: Life goes on, (9 June 2006) Toronto Star

Continental integration by stealth, (28 April 2006) Toronto Star

Why Canada can t wash its hands of Afghan detainees, (22 March 2006) Toronto Star

Other newspapers and magazines:

Times (London), Financial Times (London / New York), Guardian (London), Guardian Weekly (London),

Hill Times (Ottawa), Independent on Sunday (London), The Tablet (London), Time Magazine (Europe),

Raleigh News and Observer, Ottawa Citizen, Winnipeg Free Press, Calgary Herald, La Presse (Montreal),

Le Devoir (Montreal), Maisonneuve (Montreal), TheTyee.ca (Vancouver), Adbusters (Vancouver). Some

of these articles have been widely syndicated.

RECENT SEMINARS, LECTURES, AND PRESENTATIONS:

Partners in Peril: Canada and the U.S. in an Era of Climate Change, Terrorism and Nuclear Proliferation,

Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, 2 May 2007

Canada, detainees, and transferring to torture, Testimony before the International Commission of Jurists,

Ottawa, 25 April 2007

Intent for a Nation: What is Canada for? Group of 78 luncheon seminar, Ottawa, 24 April 2007

Canada, detainees, and transferring to torture, Rideau Institute luncheon seminar, Ottawa, 23 April 2007

Defending the North: Who s Responsibility? Conference on The United States, Climate Change and the

Arctic, Chaire Raoul-Dandurand, l Universit du Qu bec Montr al, 20 April 2007

The Elephant in the Room: Climate Change and the Millennium Development Goals, Universitas 21

Symposium on the Millennium Development Goals, McGill University, Montreal 20 April 2007

When the Ice Melts: Why Climate Change in the Arctic Matters So Much, University Continuing

Education Association 92nd Annual Conference, Building Futures: Changing Lives, Vancouver, 12 April

2007

Afghanistan: Wrong Mission for Canada, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, 2 April 2007

On Thinning Ice: Climate Change, Sovereignty and the Northwest Passage, Yukon College, Whitehorse,

Yukon Territory, 27 March 2007

Intent for a Nation: Canada, climate change, terrorism and war, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops,

BC, 19 March 2007

Nuclear Weapons and the Right to Self-Defence, Conference on Nuclear Weapons in International Law

and Politics, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, 16 March 2007

What Difference do Human Rights Institutions Make? Beth Simmons and Critics, (discussant); When

You and I Speak of Sovereignty, Do We Mean the Same Thing? (chair); What is the International

Legal Framework for Humanitarian Law on Armed Conflict? (chair); Is the International System

Compatible with Continued U.S. Hegemony, (discussant): International Studies Association Conference,

Chicago, 1 3 March 2007

Canada as a Global Citizen: We can do better! Chance Conference on Embracing Global Citizenship,

Hart House, University of Toronto, 10 February 2007

On Thinning Ice: Climate Change and US National Security in the Northwest Passage, Institute for

International Law and Politics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 8 February 2007

Why international law matters during times of war, John Sloan Dickey Center for International

Understanding, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 6 February 2007

International Law, Ethics and Political Decision-making in an Era of Armed Conflict and Peacemaking,

International Congress on Ethics / Le Congr s International sur l thique, Gatineau, Quebec, 5 February

2007

Embracing the N-word: Nationalism and Sovereignty in 21st Century Canada, & Afghanistan: Wrong

Mission for Canada, Faculty of Arts, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 25 & 26 January 2007

Canada-Afghanistan Detainee Transfer Arrangement, Testimony to House of Commons Standing

Committee on Defence, Ottawa, 11 December 2006

Afghanistan: Have we reached our national tipping point?, British Columbia Federation of Labour

Annual Conference, Vancouver, 28 November 2006

On Thinning Ice: Canadian Sovereignty in the Northwest Passage, Federation of Law Societies of Canada

Annual Conference, Vancouver, 4 November 2006

On Thinning Ice: Canadian Sovereignty in the Northwest Passage, Officers Lounge, CCGS Amundsen,

Queen Maud Gulf, Nunavut, 20 October 2006

War Law and the Separation of Powers, Workshop on the Separation of Powers: Theory, Compromises,

and the War on Terrorism, Whitney & Betty MacMillan Center for International Studies, Yale University,

7 October 2006

Afghanistan: Have we reached our national tipping point?, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and

Social Sciences Breakfast on the Hill speakers series, Parliamentary Restaurant, Ottawa, 5 October 2006

Preemptive Self-defense: Hegemony, Equality and Strategies of Legal Change, Faculty of Law,

University of Cologne, 6 July 2006

Internationales Recht und internationale Politik in der Nordwestpassage: Konsequenzen des

Klimawandels, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, 4

July 2006 (in German)

Anti-terrorism and the Use of Military Force, Conference on Anti-terrorism and Human Rights, Faculty

of Common Law, University of Ottawa, 15 June 2006

Who controls the Northwest Passage? Conference on Canada s Arctic Waters in International Law and

Diplomacy, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, 14 June 2006

War Law, Necessary Voices Lecture Series, Vancouver Public Library, 9 June 2006

The Northwest Passage Thawed, Canadian Studies Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 10 May

2006

L lasticit du droit au service de l h g mon, Colloque sur Iraq, Afghanistan, Darfour, Ha ti Law

responsabilit de prot ger : quel avenir ? Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en tudes strat giques et diplomatiques,

Universit du Qu bec Montr al, 27 Mars 2006 (in French)

Law and Power in North-South Relations (Roundtable) & Making or Breaking the UN? (Discussant),

2006 International Studies Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California, 23 & 24 March 2006

When US scholars speak of sovereignty, what do they mean? Munk Centre for International Studies,

University of Toronto, 15 March 2006

On Thinning Ice: Challenges to Canadian Sovereignty in the Northwest Passage, Maritime Awards

Society of Canada, Arctic Ocean Meeting of Experts, Dunsmuir Lodge, Sidney, British Columbia, 26

February 2006

The Laws of War, U.S.-Style, Institute for International Law, University of Munich, Germany, 14

February 2006

When US scholars speak of sovereignty, what do they mean? Department of Political Science,

University of Exeter, United Kingdom, 9 February 2006

The Laws of War, U.S.-Style & On Thinning Ice: Challenges to Canadian Sovereignty in the Northwest

Passage, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, 31 January 2006

The Laws of War, U.S.-Style & When US scholars speak of sovereignty, what do they mean? Law

Faculty & Department of Political Science, University of Victoria, 30 January 2006

On Thinning Ice: Challenges to Canadian Sovereignty in the Northwest Passage, The Vancouver Institute,

28 January 2006

Will John Bolton make or break the UN? British International Studies Association Conference, St.

Andrews, Scotland, 20 December 2005

The Laws of War, U.S.-Style, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 9 December 2005

On Thinning Ice: Challenges to Canadian Sovereignty in the Northwest Passage, Arctic Security

Interdepartmental Working Group, Canadian Forces Northern Area, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 24

November 2005

Lest We Forget: Canada and the Laws of War, F.C. Cronkite Lecture, University of Saskatchewan

College of Law, Saskatoon, 14 November 2005

Who owns the Northwest Passage? And does it matter? Canadian Council of International Law Annual

Conference, Ottawa, 27 October 2005

Europe, the Laws of War, and Geopolitical Change: 1837-2005, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan,

symposium on Europe and the 21st Century World Order, 23 September 2005

US Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town,

South Africa, 3 August 2005

MEDIA EXPERIENCE:

Multiple interviews on BBC 1 (Breakfast), BBC 2 (Newsnight), BBC World, BBC 4, BBC News 24, Radio

4 (Today, World at One, PM, World Tonight) & World Service, Channel 4 (News, 1st Edition), Irish

National Radio, ZDF (German Television), France 1 & 2, CNN, CBC (The National, Newsworld,

Counterspin, As It Happens, World Report, This Morning, The Current, The House, Cross Country

Checkup, Sunday Edition, Radio Canada International, regional programs), CTV (Canada AM, Newsnet),

Global TV, MSNBC, National Public Radio, American Public Radio (Marketplace), Voice of America,

PBS (Inside the Law), Radio Australia, Shaw TV (Studio 4), TV Ontario (The Agenda), etc.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY:

Adviser to: Amnesty International, Redress Trust, Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture,

Association of Relatives of Disappeared Prisoners and a number of victims in R. v. Metropolitan

Stipendiary Magistrate, ex parte Pinochet (1998 1999, British House of Lords). I continue to provide pro

bono advice to Amnesty, other non-governmental organizations and political parties, and occasionally act

as an expert in litigation before national courts.

Regularly referee manuscripts for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, other publishing

houses and peer-review academic journals.

GRANTS RECEIVED:

2006: $27,000 Transtate Project, University of Bremen, Germany, for extension of sub-project

comparing North American and European approaches to sovereignty (principal

investigator)

2006: $3,686 British Columbia Provincial NCE Infrastructure Grant (to support research on Northwest

Passage) (principal investigator)

2005: $156,000 ArcticNet (a Network of Centres of Excellence of Canada) for a project on Canada s

Arctic Waters in International Law and Diplomacy (principal investigator)

2005: $40,000 Pierre Trudeau & Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundations ($20,000 each), for

symposium on global citizenship, September 2005 (principal investigator)

2005: $64,000 Transtate Project, University of Bremen, Germany, for sub-project comparing North

American and European approaches to sovereignty (principal investigator)

2004: $40,000 Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), for project on

Sovereignty, Regulation and Enforcement in the Northwest Passage during Climate

Change (projected completion August 2006) (principal investigator)

2004: $156,430 Canada Research Chairs Infrastructure Fund ($77,715) & British Columbia Knowledge

Development Fund ($77,715) for Virtual Global Issues Research Communications Hub at

Liu Institute for Global Issues (principal investigator)

2003: $10,000 Canadian Consulate-General, Atlanta, for speaker series in Canadian Studies at Duke

University (principal investigator)

2001: 10,000 Peter North Visiting Fellowship in Socio-Legal Studies, Keble College & Centre for

Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University (principal investigator)

2000: $40,000 Volkswagen Foundation (Hanover, Germany) for conference at G ttingen University on

United States Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law. Conference papers

subsequently published as Michael Byers & Georg Nolte (eds.), United States Hegemony

and the Foundations of International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,

2003) 500 pp. (collaborator)

1998: 10,000 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK) for conference at Rhodes House, Oxford

University. Conference papers subsequently published as Michael Byers (ed.), The Role

of Law in International Politics: Essays on International Relations and International Law

(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000) 354 pp. (principal investigator)

1997: $30,000 Goethe Institute, Bonn, for translation & revision of Wilhelm G. Grewe, Epochen der

V lkerrechtsgeschichte (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 1984), subsequently published as

Wilhelm G. Grewe, The Epochs of International Law (translated and revised by Michael

Byers) (Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, 2000) 780 pp. (principal investigator)

1992: $100,000 Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Doctoral Fellowship for

studies at Cambridge University, thesis subsequently published as Michael Byers,

Custom, Power and the Power of Rules: International Relations and Customary

International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999) 246 pp. (principal

investigator)

1992: $10,000 Philip F. Vineberg Graduate Fellowship, McGill University, for studies at Cambridge

University, thesis subsequently published as Michael Byers, Custom, Power and the

Power of Rules: International Relations and Customary International Law (Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press, 1999) 246 pp. (principal investigator)

1992: 30,000 Overseas Research Studentship, Secretary of State for Education and Science (UK), for

studies at Cambridge University, thesis subsequently published as Michael Byers,

Custom, Power and the Power of Rules: International Relations and Customary

International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999) 246 pp. (principal

investigator)

1992: 20,000 Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, for studies at Cambridge University, thesis

subsequently published as Michael Byers, Custom, Power and the Power of Rules:

International Relations and Customary International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge

University Press, 1999) 246 pp. (principal investigator)

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