Abstract:
Inspired by “The Psychology of International law: An Introduction” written by Anne van Aaken and Tomer Broude, cognitive research and behavioural economics have been overlooked by public international law scholarship for years. Throughout the years, international political psychology and the applications of behavioural economics are becoming more important in the discipline of international law. As international law is the set of rules, norms, and standards that are generally accepted in relations between nations, it is crucial to understand more about international relations for the better understanding of international law. Therefore, psychology is one of the significant disciplines of international law and ought to be included in the syllabus for international law subjects.
Currently, psychology is not included in the syllabus of international law modules in the vast majority of law schools. The paper will critically analyse the importance of psychology as a subject matter in international legal education. In particular, the paper will discuss whether psychology should be included in the syllabus for international law. The first part will provide an overview of the notion of psychology in the context of international law. Moving on to the overview of psychology in international law, the paper will focus in particular on the importance of psychology as a subject matter in the context of international law. Building on this analysis, the paper will discuss whether psychology should be included in the syllabus for international law subjects.
Speaker:
Mr. Charles Ho Wang Mak, PhD Candidate in International Law , University of Glasgow
LL.B. (Hons) (Sus.) | LL.M. (CUHK) | LL.M.Arb.D.R. (with Credit) (CityU) | FCIArb | FHKIArb | FRAS | MAIADR | AHKSI | HKIAC Accredited Tribunal Secretary
Mr. Charles Ho Wang Mak is a PhD Candidate in International Law at University of Glasgow. He attended the University of Sussex in England (LL.B. (Hons.)), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (LL.M. in International Economic Law), and the City University of Hong Kong (LL.M.Arb.D.R.). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (FHKIArb) and the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (FRAS). He is also a member of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (MAIADR). He earned accreditation as a tribunal secretary at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. In 2019, he was admitted as the first member of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) Tribunal Secretary Panel from Hong Kong and China.