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The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) provides informed, independent and practical legal ideas for a global community. Its high quality and respected work involves analysis and debate about contemporary issues on every continent, from its base in the heart of London's energetic and multicultural legal network. BIICL has been making an influential impact since its foundation in 1958, and it can trace its history even further back to 1894. It is one of the very few independent legal bodies of its type in the world, as it is unaffiliated to any university, is a charity/not-for-profit organisation and is nonpartisan. BIICL receives no substantial on-going core funding from any government or private body and welcomes both members and non-members. BIICL includes within it the innovative Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, which has a particular focus on the many rule of law issues world-wide. BIICL undertakes 5 key activities: * Applied legalresearch;〔http://www.biicl.org/research 〕 * Informed and diverse events and discussions;〔http://www.biicl.org/events〕 * Effective and capacity-building training;〔http://www.biicl.org/training〕 * World leading publications;〔http://www.biicl.org/publications〕 * Fostering a diverse community of scholars and practitioners through its membership offer.〔http://www.biicl.org/membership〕 The Institute is located on the first floor of Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, in London, England. == People == The Institute's first Chairman was Lord Denning, followed by Lord Goff of Chieveley, who was succeeded by Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG. Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE former President of the International Court of Justice is the current President and Chairman of the Institute. The Institute's first Director was appointed in 1960. Professor Robert McCorquodale, who joined the Institute in January 2008, is the seventh and current Director of the Institute. In this role, he has responsibility for the strategic development and management of all parts of BIICL, as well as being a researcher on a number of the projects. He is involved in training, in the organisation of events, and is the Co-General Editor of BIICL's major publication: the International and Comparative Law Quarterly. Institute Director * Professor Robert McCorquodale President and Chairman of the Institute * Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC Former President, International Court of Justice 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Institute of International and Comparative Law」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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