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Anthony Carty, also known as Tony Carty, is the Cheng Yu-Tung Chair Professor of Law at Tsinghua University, and was born in Ireland in 1948, and studied mainly in the United Kingdom, including Queen's University Belfast, University College London and Cambridge University. He studied at Queen's University Belfast, University College London and Cambridge University, where he received his PhD in 1973. Prior to teaching at Tsinghua University, he was Professor of Public International Law at the show more University of Aberdeen School of Law and Sir Y. K. Pao Chair of Public Law at the University of Hong Kong. Professor Carty's research interests focus on the theory of international law, the philosophy of international law and the history of international law. Since 2009, he has been researching the evolution of China's understanding of Western international law in the late Qing Dynasty and its impact on the present, with a particular focus on the South China Sea issue. show less

Prof. Carty has a strong academic background and professional experience. He began his academic career in the United Kingdom, where he held faculty positions at prestigious institutions such as the University of Derby, the University of Westminster, and the University of Aberdeen. His classes not only imparted legal knowledge, but also focused on inspiring students to think critically and internationally, training generations of international law scholars. He has also traveled across show more continents, serving as a visiting professor at the Max Planck Institute for the History of European Law, the University of Tokyo, Japan, and the Autonomous University of Madrid. He has also taught at prestigious institutions such as the University of Hong Kong and Tsinghua University in China, where his teaching style is rigorous and inspiring, and he is well liked and respected by his students. show less