About the Author

• Author: John H. Currie
• Pages: 619-619

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John H. Currie is a law professor in the Faculty of Law at the Univer-

sity of Ottawa, where he teaches international law, the use of force by

states, the law of armed conf‌lict, torts, and constitutional law. He has

degrees from the Universities of Toronto, Ottawa, and Cambridge, and

litigated for several years with Lang Michener LLP in Toronto and Ot-

tawa. From 2004 to 2006, Professor Currie was Scholar in Residence

in the Legal Affairs Bureau of Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs

and International Trade where he worked primarily on international

criminal and humanitarian law issues. In that capacity, he represented

Canada before a number of UN and other bodies, including the Inter-

national Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. An Assistant

Editor of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law and Past-Pres-

ident of the Canadian Council on International Law, Professor Currie

is the author or co-author of seven books, including (with Professors

Craig Forcese and Valerie Oosterveld) International Law: Doctrine,

Practice, and Theory (Irwin Law, 2007). His research interests include

the use of force by states, international humanitarian law, extraterritor-

ial jurisdiction, the domestic reception of international law, maritime

boundary delimitation, and international criminal law.

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