British international law scholar (1865–1935)
Alexander Pearce Higgins CBE KC FBA (24 April 1865 – 2 April 1935) was a British international law scholar. He was Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge (1920–1935), President of the Institut de Droit International (1929–1931),[ 1] and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (1930–1935).[ 2] [ 3]
Education
The son of Alexander H. Higgins of Worcester, Pearce Higgins was educated at the King's School, Worcester (1876–82[ 4] ) and Downing College, Cambridge (matriculated 1888, Winchester Prize 1891, graduated BA and LL.B. 1891, MA 1895, LL.M. 1898, LL.D. 1904[ 5] ).
Before going up to Cambridge, Pearce Higgins had been articled to the Worcester solicitor Samuel Southall,[ 4] and had already passed the Solicitors Final Examination of the Law Society .[ 3] He was admitted as a solicitor in 1899, called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1908 and made King's Counsel in 1919.[ 5]
Career
Teaching public international law at Cambridge from 1902,[ 6] Pearce Higgins was named a lecturer at the London School of Economics in 1908 (replacing L. F. L. Oppenheim [ 7] ). A specialist in maritime law, he also taught at the Royal Naval War College and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich . During World War I , he served as an adviser in international law and prize law to Sir John Mellor , the Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor (head of the government legal service).[ 1] [ 5]
He was appointed Professor of International Law at the LSE in 1919, continuing at the LSE until 1923.[ 8] He was appointed Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge in 1920 (again succeeding Oppenheim[ 7] ), and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1926. He was also Professor of International Law at The Hague Academy of International Law .[ 5]
Pearce Higgins was an Associate of the Institut de Droit International from 1922, a Member from 1924, and President from 1929 to 1931.[ 6] He became a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in 1930.[ 1]
References
^ a b c "Alexander Pearce Higgins" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 2 May 2019 .
^ "Professor Higgins". The Times . 3 April 1935. p. 16.
^ a b MacNair, Arnold (1935). "Professor Pearce Higgins". British Yearbook of International Law . 16 : 1– 4 – via HeinOnline.
^ a b Craze, Michael (1972). King's School, Worcester, 1541–1971 . Worcester: Ebenezer Baylis & Son. p. 239.
^ a b c d "Higgins, Alexander Pearce (HGNS888AP)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.
^ a b "Notice biographique: Alexander Pearce Higgins" . Recueil Des Cours, Collected Courses 1929 . Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. December 1968. ISBN 9028606726 .
^ a b Perreau-Saussine, Amanda (2007). "A Case Study on Jurisprudence as a Source of International Law: Oppenheim's Influence" . In Craven, Matthew; Fitzmaurice, Malgosia; Vogiatzi, Maria (eds.). Time, History and International Law . Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 93. ISBN 978-9004154810 .
^ Higgins, Rosalyn (1997). "9: The Reformation in International Law" . In Rawlings, Richard (ed.). Recueil Des Cours, Collected Courses 1929 . Clarendon Press. p. 210. ISBN 9780198262282 .
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