Dr Russell Buchan
School of Law
Senior Lecturer in International Law
+44 114 222 6769
Full contact details
School of Law
EF01c
Bartolomé House
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
- Profile
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I am a senior lecturer in international law at the University of Sheffield School of Law. I am part of the admissions team for the School’s undergraduate course.
- Qualifications
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- PhD
- LLM
- LLB (Hons)
- Research interests
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- International Humanitarian Law
- International Criminal Law
- Cyber War
- Post Conflict Reconstruction
- International Legal and Political Theory
Member of the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law Research Cluster.
- Publications
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Books
- Regulating the Use of Force in International Law. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Research Handbook on International Law and Cyberspace.
Journal articles
- Editorial. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies.
- NON-FORCIBLE MEASURES AND THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENCE. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 72(1), 1-33.
- Editorial. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 13(2), 187-188.
- Rules-based international disorder. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 13(1), 1-5.
- Editorial. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 11(1), 1-3.
- The Rule of Surrender in International Humanitarian Law. Israel Law Review, 51(1), 3-27. View this article in WRRO
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- The Crisis in Crimea and the Principle of Non-Intervention. International Community Law Review, 19(2-3), 165-193. View this article in WRRO
- Cyber Warfare and the Status of Anonymous under International Humanitarian Law. Chinese Journal of International Law, 15(4), 741-772. View this article in WRRO
- Special Issue: Non-State Actors and Responsibility in Cyberspace: State Responsibility, Individual Criminal Responsibility and Issues of Evidence. Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 21(3), 377-381.
- Cyberspace, Non-State Actors and the Obligation to Prevent Transboundary Harm. Research Handbook of International Law and Cyberspace, 21(3), 429-453. View this article in WRRO
- Developing Democracy Through Liberal International Law. Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law, 4(2), 319-343. View this article in WRRO
- Beyond Justice, Beyond Peace? Colombia, the Interests of Justice, and the Limits of International Criminal Law. Criminal Law Forum, 26(2), 291-318. View this article in WRRO
- Developing Democracy through Liberal International Law. Cambridge International Law Journal, 4(2), 319-343.
- Digest of State Practice 1 January–30 June 2014. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law, 1(2), 323-373.
- The MaviMarmara Incident and the International Criminal Court. Criminal Law Forum, 25(3), 465-503. View this article in WRRO
- Digest of State Practice 1 July–31 December 2013. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law, 1(1), 149-189.
- The International Court and Restatement of Fundamental Principles. International Community Law Review, 15(4), 411-414.
- UN peacekeeping operations: when can unlawful acts committed by peacekeeping forces be attributed to the UN?. Legal Studies, 32(2), 282-301.
- United Nations Peacekeeping operations: when can unlaw acts committed by peacekeeping forces be attributed to the United Nations. Legal Studies, 32(2), 282-301.
- II. THE PALMER REPORT AND THE LEGALITY OF ISRAEL'S NAVAL BLOCKADE OF GAZA. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 61(1), 264-273.
- The Application of Public International Law to the Crisis in Libya. International Community Law Review, 14(4), 305-307.
- Cyber War and International Law. Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 17(2), 183-186.
- Minority Rights in International Law. International Community Law Review, 13(4), 331-332.
- Explaining Liberal Aggression: The International Community and Threat Perception. International Community Law Review, 12(4), 413-436.
- A Clash of Normativities: The International Society and the International Community. International Community Law Review, 10(1), 3-27.
- International Community and the Occupation of Iraq. Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 12(1), 37-64.
- Hacking international organizations: The role of privileges, immunities, good faith and the principle of State sovereignty. International Review of the Red Cross, 1-28.
Chapters
- The United Nations collective security system and the use of force, Regulating the Use of Force in International Law (pp. 132-151). Edward Elgar Publishing
- The prohibition on the threat or use of force, Regulating the Use of Force in International Law (pp. 16-40). Edward Elgar Publishing
- International law on the use of force: quo vadis?, Regulating the Use of Force in International Law (pp. 212-226). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Other forms of the use of force: humanitarian intervention, armed reprisals and intervention by invitation, Regulating the Use of Force in International Law (pp. 79-113). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Peacekeeping operations, Regulating the Use of Force in International Law (pp. 191-211). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Introduction (pp. xvi-xx). Edward Elgar Publishing
- The right of individual and collective self-defence, Regulating the Use of Force in International Law (pp. 41-78). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Table of treaties and other documents (pp. xii-xv). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Table of cases (pp. ix-xi). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Regional organisations, collective security and the use of force, Regulating the Use of Force in International Law (pp. 152-190). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Table of legislation (pp. xxi-xxviii). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Historical development of the jus ad bellum, Regulating the Use of Force in International Law (pp. 1-15). Edward Elgar Publishing
- CYBERSPACE AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (pp. 8-8). Edward Elgar Publishing
- CYBER WAR AND THE JUS AD BELLUM (pp. 387-387). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Cyber attacks, use of force and self-defence, Regulating the Use of Force in International Law (pp. 114-131). Edward Elgar Publishing
- CYBER ATTACKS AND THE JUS AD BELLUM (pp. 271-271). Edward Elgar Publishing
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- The Mavi Marmara Incident and the Application of International Humanitarian Law by Quasi-Judicial Bodies, Applying International Humanitarian Law in Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies (pp. 479-503). T.M.C. Asser Press
- CYBER THREATS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW (pp. 145-146). Edward Elgar Publishing
- Table of legislation (pp. xx-xxviii). Edward Elgar Publishing
Conference proceedings papers
Reports
Website content
Other
- Editorial. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 12(2), 165-168.
- Editorial. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 12(1), 1-3.
- International Law in a Time of Pandemic. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 11(2), 187-191.
- Editorial. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 10(2), 213-216.
- Editorial. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 10(1), 3-5.
- Regulating the Use of Force in International Law. Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Research group
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Areas of research supervision
- International Peace and Security
- International Legal Theory
- Post Conflict Reconstruction
- Cyber Security
- Grants
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Title/Description: Awarding Body: People Involved: Dates: Amount: The Responsibility to Protect and Humanity: A Study on the Idea of Human Interconnectedness’ White Rose Collaboration Fund A consortium of 10 academics from Universities across the United Kingdom July 2013 - July 2015 £9,757
- Teaching interests
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I teach predominantly in my area of research: public international law. This enables me to teach with enthusiasm and to present to my students my interpretations of international law and, if necessary, how it should be reformed. Importantly, I expect my students to participate in this process; challenging my ideas and interpretations, forcing me to reflect critically upon my research. In light of this expectation, my students are therefore expected to not just understand the law (and its application) but to engage with it normatively; what’s good about the law? What should be maintained? What should be changed? For me, this enables teaching and learning to be as enjoyable as it is rewarding.
I teach both undergraduate and postgraduate module.
- Teaching activities
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The modules I teach are:
Undergraduate
Foundations of International Law (Convenor)
Advanced Issues in International Law (Convenor)Postgraduate and MA
Theoretical Foundations of International Organisations (Convenor)
International Law and the Use of Force (Convenor)
International Humanitarian Law (Convenor)
- Professional activities and memberships
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My book, International Law and the Construction of the Liberal Peace, won the American Society of International Law’s Francis Lieber Prize for an outstanding monograph in the field of armed conflict for 2014.
- I sit on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Use of Force in International Law (Hart Publishing)
- Special Issue Editor of the International Community Law Review (Martinus Nijhoff)
- I sit of the Advisory Board of the International Community Law Review (Martinus Nijhoff)
- I have reviewed numerous articles and book proposals for leading Law Journals and Publishers.
Recent invited papers and keynote lectures
Russell has presented his research at various international and national conferences. These include presentations at the Universities of: Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Oxford, Exeter, Glasgow, Helsinki (Finland), Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Sydney (Australia), Turku (Finland) and Utrecht (Holland). I have also presented my research at the Australian National University and the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia). I have presented my research to the Council of Europe, International Law Association, Society of Legal Scholars, Law and Society Association, Chatham House, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Ukrainian Embassy in London, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence.