John F. Murphy (law professor)

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John F. Murphy
Born 1937 (age 7879)
Nationality United States
Known for Law Professor

John F. Murphy is an American lawyer and a professor at Villanova University. He is a widely cited author.[1][2] He has published multiple works on the intersection of international law and counter-terrorism.

Education

education[3]
B.A. 1959 Cornell University
LL.B. 1962 Cornell University -- specialized in International law

Legal career

Murphy spent the year following earning his law degree participating in Syracuse University's Afro-Asia Public Service Fellowship Program working in India with the Indian government.[3] Upon his return he spent a year working on Wall Street. He then spent 1964-1967 in the United States State Department's Office of the Legal Advisor.

He returned to private practice from 1967 to 1969.[3]

In 1969 he took a teaching position at the University of Kansas School of Law.[3] Since then he has taught at Cornell University, Georgetown University, the Naval War College and finally Villanova, in the United States. Outside the USA he has taught in Aix-en-Provence, London, Mexico City, Paris and Haifa.

Murphy has held positions of trust within professional organizations.[3] For the American Bar Association he served as an Alternate Observer at the United States Mission to the United Nations and a member of its Council on International Law and participated in the Francis Shattack Security & Peace Initiative.

He served on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law and on the Society's Board of Review and Development.[3]

He was an honorary Vice President of the American Branch of the International Law Association.[3] He served as a consultant to a number of organizations, including the State Department, the United States Department of Justice, the United Nations Crime Prevention Unit and the International Task Force on Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism. He has served on the editorial boards of a number of legal journals.

In 2010 Murphy's employer, Villanova University, held a symposium to honor his forty year tenure as a legal scholar.[4]

Publications


References

  1. John F. Murphy (2002). "International Law and the War on Terrorism: The Road Ahead". bepress. Archived from the original on 2009-05-08.
  2. John F. Murphy (March 2009). "CV -- John F. Murphy". bepress. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "John F. Murphy: Faculty Profile". Villanova University. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
  4. "Villanova Hosts Symposium in Honor of Professor John F. Murphy". Villanova University. 2010-10-09. Archived from the original on 2012-09-16.
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