Professor

Canadian Research Chair in International Law and Politics

Office: Buchanan C417
Office Phone: 604-822-3049
Email: michael.byers(at)ubc.ca

Personal website: byers.typepad.com/politics/

Michael Byers holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Global Politics and International Law. Prior to 2004, he was a Professor of Law and Director of Canadian Studies at Duke University; from 1996-1999, he was a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University. Dr. Byers' work focuses on the interaction of international law and politics, particularly with respect to human rights, international organizations, the use of military force, the Arctic, and Canada-United States relations.  He has published six books, dozens of academic papers and more than 100 op-ed articles in international newspapers, the Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star and Ottawa Citizen.

Poli 370A Issues in International Conflict Management:
The International Law and Politics of Military Force
**Poli 370 mid-term paper instructions**

Poli 563A Current Issues in Global Politics and International Law

• Intent for a Nation: What is Canada For? (Vancouver / Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2007)
  

• War Law: Understanding International Law and Armed Conflict (Vancouver / Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2005)

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  "Custom, Power and the Power of Rules" (Cambridge University Press, 1999)

• ed., "The Role of Law in International Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2000)

• co-editor, "United States Hegemony and the Foundations of International Law" (Cambridge University Press, 2003)