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law educator

William Anthony Schabas, Canadian law educator. Bar: Quebec 1984. Named honorary professor, Chinese Academy Social Sciences, 2004, Officer, Order of Canada, 2005. Member of Royal Irish Academy.

Background

Schabas, William Anthony was born on November 19, 1950 in Cleveland. Arrived in Ireland, 2000. Son of Ezra Schabas and Ann Henrietta Fairley.

Education

Bachelor, University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1972. Master of Arts, University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1973. Bachelor of Laws, University Montreal, Canada, 1983.

Master of Laws, University Montreal, Canada, 1990. Doctor of Laws, University Montreal, Canada, 1993. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dalhousie University of Canberra, 2007.

Career

Attorney Lebeau Philpot Schabas, Montreal, 1985—1993. Professor law University Quebec and Montreal, 1991—2000. Professor human rights law National University Ireland, Galway, since 2000.

Director Irish Center Human Rights, since 2000. Member Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 2002—2004.

Achievements

  • William Anthony Schabas has been listed as a noteworthy law educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

All works

Membership

Member of Royal Irish Academy.

Connections

Married Penelope Soteriou, August 17, 1973. Children: Marguerite, Louisa.

Father:
Ezra Schabas

Mother:
Ann Henrietta Fairley

Spouse:
Penelope Soteriou

child:
Louisa Schabas

child:
Marguerite Schabas