Role of Legal Advisers in International Law

Dr Andraž Zidar is Visiting Researcher at the University of Bologna. Previously, he was the Programme Director of the European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratization in Venice, the Dorset Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law at BIICL and Legal Adviser at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci is a Research Fellow in Public International Law at BIICL and the Director of The People for Change Foundation.

• About BIICL; Preface by Dame Rosalyn Higgins; Authors’ Biographies; 1 Zidar and Gauci Introduction: Legal Advisers as the Visible College of International LawyersPart 1: United Kingdom 2 Anderson: The Functions of the Legal Adviser: Advising, Negotiating, Litigating3 Macleod: The FCO’s Legal Advisers and Contemporary Challenges4 Gladstone: The Legal Adviser and International Disputes: Preparing to Commence or Defend Litigation or ArbitrationPart 2: Comparative perspectives 5 Wood: Legal Advisers 6 Kingston: Organisation and Context for the Work of the Legal Adviser: The Legal Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland7 Gutiérrez Ruiz: The Experience of Legal Advisers in Costa Rica: A Case for Peaceful International Law8 McCosker: The Intersecting Professions of the International Law Adviser and Diplomat in a Rising Asia: Australia, India and Malaysia9 Kita: The Legal Advice System of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of JAPAN: Between Legal Advisers and Foreign Policy Makers10 Valek: The Different Roles of the Czech Legal Adviser: From a Watchdog to a HeadhunterPart 3: Personal reflections 11 Tladi: Reflection on Advising the South African Government on International Law12 Alabrune: The Case of the Legal Advisor to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs13 Rohnquist: The Role of Legal Advisers in International Law: The Swedish Experience14 Corell: Personal Reflections on the Role of the Legal Adviser: Between Law and Politics, Authority and InfluencePart 4: Functional developments 15 Gussetti: Legal Advisers and the European Union: A new Perspective to Cooperation in International Law16 Hill: The Role of NATO’s Legal Adviser17 Hughes: The Role of the Legal Adviser in the World Trade Organization18 Quayle: Legal Advisers and International Organisations: The Convergence of Interior and Exterior Legal ObligationsPart 5: Professional requirements 19 Purdasy: The Competency-based Legal Adviser 20 Koh: The Legal Adviser’s Duty to Explain21 Zidar: Legal Advisers and Professional EthicsPart 6: Evolving fields22 Koskenniemi: The Place of Law and the Role of Legal Advisers in Collective Security23 Kuhn & Berger: Legal Advisers in the Armed Forces24 Donatantonio: The Monitoring, Mentoring and Advising Role Exercised by International or Rule of Law Missions in the Prosecutorial AreaConcluding part 25 Gauci&Jones: Conference Report 26 Berman: ConclusionIndex.

"The essays collected in The Role of Legal Advisers in International Law provide a rich store of information and analysis regarding some of the most important practitioners of international law. The book is a significant and useful contribution to the literature on the subject."John R. Crook, American Journal of International Law, Volume 112, Issue 3, July 2018, pp. 528-533 .