James Fawcett was a British barrister. From 1972 to 1981, he was the president of the European Commission for Human Rights. From 1955 to 1960, he was general counsel to the International Monetary Fund. He served as director of studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs from 1969 to 1973. He was also a legal advisor to the British Foreign Office, and was a member of the United Kingdom’s delegation to the United Nations in New York from 1948 to 1950. He participated in the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He was also a fellow at All Soul College at the University of Oxford, a school closely connected with the Roundtable network.

James Fawcett was a descendant of the Fawcett bloodline, an old English gentry family dating as far back as the Norman invasion of 1066. His father was Joseph Fawcett, a clergyman in the Church of England. James is also the maternal grandfather of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Members of the family include politicians, Privy Counsellors, senior army officers and civil servants, shipping magnates, explorers and archaeologists.

Law and Power in International Relations Reviewed by John C. Campbell on December 1, 1982 at Foreign Affairs:
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1982-12-01/law-and-power-international-relations

“Professor Fawcett, who has served as legal adviser to the British Foreign Office and director of studies at Chatham House, is learned in the law but makes no extravagant claims for its role in international relations.”

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