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Michael Byers
Academic Director
The Liu Institute for Global Issues
University of British Columbia
Michael Byers (LL.B & BCL McGill University, PhD Cambridge University) holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia. In addition to being a tenured professor in the Political Science Department he serves as Academic Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues.
Dr. Byers holds degrees from the University of Saskatchewan, McGill University and Cambridge University. Prior to July 2004, he was Professor of Law and Director of Canadian Studies at Duke University in North Carolina. From 1996-1999, he was a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.
His work focuses on the interaction of international law and international politics, particularly with respect to human rights, international organizations, the use of military force and Canada-United States relations. He is the author of Custom, Power and the Power of Rules (Cambridge University Press, 1999), editor of The Role of Law in International Politics (Oxford University Press, 2000), and co-editor of United States Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2003). He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.
Dr. Byers speaks French and German and is available for media interviews on request.
Michael Byers can be reached at michael.byers@ubc.ca