Background
Amerasinghe, Chittharanjan Felix was born on March 2, 1933 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Came to the United States, 1970. Son of Samson Felix and Mary Victorine (Abeyesundere) Amerasinghe.
(This second edition of C.F. Amerasinghe's successful book...)
This second edition of C.F. Amerasinghe's successful book has been revised to include a new chapter on judicial organs of international organizations, as well as a considerably developed chapter on dispute settlement. Amerasinghe examines the local remedies rule in terms of both historical and modern international law. He considers customary international law as well as the application of the rule to, among others, human rights protection and international organizations.
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Amerasinghe, Chittharanjan Felix was born on March 2, 1933 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Came to the United States, 1970. Son of Samson Felix and Mary Victorine (Abeyesundere) Amerasinghe.
Bachelor 1st class in Classics and Law, Cambridge (England) University, 1955. Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Cambridge (England) University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge (England) University, 1968.
Doctor of Laws, Cambridge (England) University, 1973. Master of Laws magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Ceylon, Colombo, 1965.
Supervisor legal studies Trinity Hall Cambridge University, 1956-1958. Junior executive (legal) Caltex Oil Corporation, Colombo, 1959-1961. From lecturer to senior lecturer University Ceylon, 1962-1968, professor law, 1968-1971.
From counsel to senior counsel World Bank, Washington, 1970-1981. Executive secretary, director secretariat World Bank Administrative Tribunal, 1981-1996. Fellow Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, England, 1996-1997.
Judge United Nations Tribunal, New York City, since 1998. Consultant, legal advisor Government of Sri Lanka, 1964-1969, Common Fund for Commodities, Geneva, 1979-1981. Adjunct professor law American University, Washington, 1992-1995.
Honorary professor International Law University Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1991-1994. Member advisory board Center International Environmental Law, London, 1987-1998, Sri Lanka Journal of International Law. Member Local Government Commission, Sri Lanka, 1968-1969.
(This second edition of C.F. Amerasinghe's successful book...)
Author: State Responsibility, 1967, Law of Injuries-Roman Dutch Law, 2 vols., 1966-1968 (York prize Cambridge University 1964), Studies in International Law, 1969, Sovereignty in Ceylon Law, 1970, Law of International Civil Service, 2 vols., 1988, second edition, 1994 (certified of Merit, American Society International Law 1989), Case-Law of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal, vols.
I, II and III, 1989, 94, 97, Local Remedies in International Law, 1990, Principles of the Institutional Law of International Organizations, 1996. Contributor articles to legal journals.
President Sri Lanka Association of Washington, 1981, vice-patron, 1988-1991. Member American Society International Law (member executive council 1980-1983, senior editorial board project on governing rules international law since 1990, chairman international organization committee), Institute de Droit International (chairman Rapporteur Commission on international litigation since 1998), International Law Association, International Institute Human Rights (committee of honor Strassbourg), British Institute International Law, Oxford-Cambridge University Club (London).
Married Wimala Nalini Pieris, June 25, 1964. Children: Shalini Therese, Marie Nilanthi, Charitha Felix.