Antony Terence Anghie

Function(s)

Professor of Law, National University of Singapore and University of Utah

Area(s) of Expertise

• General public international law,
• History and theory of international law

Biography

Antony Anghie was born in Sri Lanka; received the degrees of B.A and LL.B from Monash University, qualified as a Barrister and Solicitor in Victoria, Australia and completed his SJD at Harvard Law School. He then joined the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he is a Professor of Law, holding a concurrent appointment as Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore. He also serves as the head of the TRILA Programme at the Centre for International Law at NUS. He has been a visiting professor at several universities, including the University of Tokyo, Brasilia, the American University of Cairo, Harvard and Cambridge. He received the Manley O. Hudson medal from the American Society of International Law in 2023. He is a member of the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) network of scholars.

Selected publications

• The Injustices of Reparations 119 (3) American Journal of International Law (2025)
• Rethinking International Law: a TWAIL Retrospective 34(1) European Journal of International Law (2023)
• Imperialism, Sovereignty and the Making of International Law (2005)