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Burgis, Michelle
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Contact details
Address: School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AL
Telephone: -
E-mail: mb107@st-andrews.ac.uk
Home page: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/intrel/staff/#Burgis
Research overview
Keywords: International Law, International Court of Justice, International Legal Theory, Jurisprudence, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Arab Legal Traditions
Michelle Burgis is an international lawyer interested in the legitimacy of international legal norms and institutions for Arab states. Her work has focussed on the use of international dispute resolution by Arab states and the discursive avenues available to Third World states in the postcolonial era. Currently, she plans to assess the legitimacy of international legal norms at the local level within selected Arab states by looking at how international law has been used as a political resource for competing interests.Recent publications
2009; M Burgis; "Boundaries of Discourse in the International Court of Justice: Mapping Arguments in Arab Territorial Disputes"; Brill; 307; More info
2009; M Burgis; "Faith in the State? Traditions of Territoriality and the Emergence of Modern Arab Statehood"; Journal of the History of International Law; 11
2008; M Burgis; "Discourses of Division: Law, Politics, and the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory"; Chinese Journal of International Law; 7:33-63
2008; M Burgis; "The Promise of Solid Ground: Arab States, Territorial Disputes and the Discourse of International Law"; The International Community Law Review; 10(1):73-99
2007; M Burgis; "Judicial Reform and the Possibility of Democratic Rule in Jordan? A Policy Perspective on Judicial Independence"; Arab Law Quarterly; 21(2):135 -170