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The LLB degree at Cambridge has since been renamed as the LLM to clearly reflect it being a Master's degree. By contrast, Oxford's Bachelor of Civil Law degree (BCL) retains the traditional name.
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The question of whether these conditions were satisfied is controversial and unclear, since there was no further resolution which might have rendered the point clear. Alternatively, (3)
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Greenwood acted as counsel for the government of the United Kingdom in relation to a number of cases in both domestic and international courts: the Ojdanic case in the
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Greenwood is the son of Captain Murray Greenwood and Diana Greenwood. He is married with two daughters. Christopher was educated at
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and, although there is no rule allocating seats, the one held by them was kept by judges from the UK since the founding of the
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and the conclusion was stated to be dependent on one of three conditions being satisfied. These conditions (he said) were (1)
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in November 2008 and served from 2009 to 2018. Greenwood's direct predecessor as a judge from the United Kingdom was
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and a barrister who regularly appeared as counsel before the International Court of Justice, the
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has no judge on the ICJ and first time a permanent member lost the majority vote in the
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This article is about the barrister (born 1955). For the cartographer (1786–1855), see
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from Lebanon surprisingly contested and won the seat kept previously by Indian judge
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In November 2017, the seats of Greenwood and four other judges were up for election.
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Greenwood is well known for the October 2002 legal opinion tendered to the
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by Britain, the United States and allied powers was sanctioned by the
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reported on 31 August 2007 that Greenwood had been hired by the
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Reflections on the Right of Self-Defence in International Law
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The Relationship between International Law and Municipal Law
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Greenwood is a member of the Panel of Arbitrators for the
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Immunities of the Head of State Under International Law
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permanent member of the United Nations Security Council
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
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British judges of United Nations courts and tribunals
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Sir Christopher Greenwood
Christopher Greenwood (cartographer)
Christopher Scott Greenwood
Sir
GBE
CMG
KC

International Court of Justice
Rosalyn Higgins, Baroness Higgins
Nawaf Salam
Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Incumbent
Rowan Williams
Wellingborough
Alma mater
Magdalene College, Cambridge
GBE
CMG
KC
Magdalene College, Cambridge
International Court of Justice
London School of Economics
European Court of Human Rights
English courts
Wellingborough School
Magdalene College, Cambridge
BA
LLB
MA

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