Courses of the Summer School on Public International Law. Vol. XI. International Law in Practice

Sir Michael Wood is a member of the UN International Law Commission where he has recently finished his work as a Special Rapporteur on Identification of customary international law. He is a Senior Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. He is a barrister at Twenty Essex Chambers, London, where he practises in the field of public international law, including many cases before international courts and tribunals. He was Legal Adviser to the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office between 1999 and 2006, having joined as an Assistant Legal Adviser in 1970. Sir Michael Wood is the author of numerous books and articles on diverse topics of public international law.