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Rosalyn Higgins

Rosalyn Higgins

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D-Index
29
Citations
3601
World Ranking
292
National Ranking
207

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - International Balzan Prize
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Rosalyn Higgins is affiliated with the United Nations in United States and has contributed to the fields of Social Sciences, particularly focusing on Political Science and International Relations, as well as Strategy and Management. Their research intersects topics related to International Law and Human Rights, International Arbitration and Investment Law, and European and International Law Studies.

Their recent publications include the 2022 paper titled MacDermott Lecture 2008: Litigating international disputes - the work of the International Court of Justice in a changing world, published in the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly. They have also appeared as a coauthor on a 2024 paper, A-323 Advancing Point-of-Care Testing: Independent Evaluation of the Truvian Platform, in Clinical Chemistry.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Rosalyn Higgins include:

  • Alan Wells
  • Susan J. Little
  • Ira H. Levine
  • Antoine Chaillon

Publications by Rosalyn Higgins have appeared frequently in the following venues:

  • Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
  • Clinical Chemistry

Their work spans multiple main topics, including:

  • International Law and Human Rights
  • International Arbitration and Investment Law
  • European and International Law Studies

In recognition of their contributions, Rosalyn Higgins has received the International Balzan Prize in 2007 and was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.

Best Publications

  • International Law and How We Use It

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • The development of international law through the political organs of the United Nations

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  • Conceptual thinking about the individual in international law

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  • The taking of property by the state : recent developments in international law

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  • United Nations peacekeeping, 1946-1967 : documents and commentary

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  • Policy Considerations and the International Judicial Process

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • The Place of International Law in the Settlement of Disputes by the Security Council

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  • The International Dimensions of Human Rights.

    Rosalyn Higgins;Karel Vasak;Philip Alston

  • Problems and Process – International Law and How We Use It

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • The new United Nations and former Yugoslavia

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • Derogations under Human Rights Treaties

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • Human Rights in the International Court of Justice

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • A Babel of Judicial Voices? Ruminations from the Bench

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • Themes and Theories: Selected Essays, Speeches and Writings in International Law

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • Oppenheim's International Law: United Nations

    Rosalyn Higgins;Philippa Webb;Dapo Akande;Sandesh Sivakumaran

  • Time and the Law: International Perspectives on an Old Problem

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • The ICJ, the ECJ, and the Integrity of International Law

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • The Relationship between the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice

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  • The International Court and South West AfricaThe Implications of the Judgment

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • Problems and Process: International Law and How We Use It

    Francis Fukuyama;Rosalyn Higgins

  • Legislative Powers in the United Nations and Specialized Agencies

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • Terrorism and International Law

    Rosalyn Higgins;Maurice Flory

  • Soldiers Without Enemies: Preparing the United Nations for Peacekeeping

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • The Right in International Law of an Individual to Enter, Stay in and Leave a Country

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • International Protection of Human Rights

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • Ethics and International Law

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • THE UNITED NATIONS AT 70 YEARS: THE IMPACT UPON INTERNATIONAL LAW

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • The Politics of International Cooperation: Contrasting Conceptions of UNESCO

    Rosalyn Higgins

  • International Peace Observation: A History and Forecast

    Rosalyn Higgins

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Falk
Richard A. Falk Princeton University

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