MacDermott Lecture 2008: Litigating international disputes – the work of the International Court of Justice in a changing world

Abstract

The MacDermott Lecture is delivered annually at Queen’s University Belfast. Previous speakers in recent years have included Lord Hutton and Rabinder Singh. Lord John MacDermott studied at Queen’s in the early years of the twentieth century and went on to pursue a distinguished political and legal career, later returning to Queen’s to teach and to hold the position of pro-vice chancellor. He was Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland from 1951 to 1971.