Dr. Jean d'Aspremont

Profile

Dr. Jean d’Aspremont is Associate Professor of International Law and Adjunct Director of the Amsterdam Research Institute for Legal Studies (ARILS). He is Guest Professor at the University of Louvain as well as the University of Lille. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Leiden Journal of International Law. He acted as counsel in proceedings before the International Court of Justice.

He previously was Assistant Professor of International Law at the University of Leiden and Director of the LL.M. in Public International Law. He received his LL.M. from the University of Cambridge and his Ph.D. from the University of Louvain. In 2005-06, he was a Global Research Fellow at New York University (NYU), affiliated with the Institute of International Law and Justice (IILJ).

Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL)

Research

His areas of research include most major subject matters of general Public International Law and, in particular, questions pertaining to Statehood, Sources of International Law, State Responsibility, the Law of International Organizations, International Dispute Settlement, the Law of Armed Conflicts, International Humanitarian Law and International Legal Theory. He previously received a VENI Research project from the Dutch National Fund for Scientific Research (NWO) for the years 2009-2011.

Articles in Open Access (SSRN Author Page)

Monographs & Edited Volumes

- Formalism and the Sources of International Law. A Theory of the Ascertainment of Legal Rules (Oxford University Press, 2011) (Monograph)

- L’Etat non démocratique en droit international. Etude critique du droit international positif et de la pratique contemporaine(Pedone, 2008) (Monograph)

- Droit international humanitaire (Pedone, 2011) (Monograph co-authored with J. de Hemptinne)

- Participants in the International Legal System: Multiple Perspectives on Non-State Actors in International Law (Routledge, 2011) (edited volume)

- International Legal Positivism in a Post-Modern World (Cambridge University Press, Forthcoming 2012) (co-edited with Jörg Kammerhofer)

Complete List of Publications