Susan Breau
Research Professor
Susan Breau
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Susan Breau |
Faculty of Law University of Victoria PO Box 1700, STN CSC Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 Map |
Dr. Breau is the former Dean of Law and was the Head of the School of Law at the University of Reading, UK from 2014-2018. Her scholarship engages with multiple forms of law and legal orders, particularly in the law of armed conflict, international humanitarian law, international human rights law and international disaster law.
She completed her Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and Masters of Arts degrees at Queen’s University. She practiced law in Kingston, Ontario, for almost 20 years before completing Master of Laws and Doctor of Philosophy degrees at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has taught and lectured at law schools throughout the United Kingdom and Australia. Dr. Breau was the Dorset Fellow in Public International Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
- BA – Queen's University
- LLB – Queen's University
- MA - Queen's University
- LLM – London School of Economics and Political Science
- PhD - London School of Economics and Political Science
- Breau, S. (2016) The responsibility to protect in international law: an emerging paradigm shift. Routledge Research in International Law. Routledge, Oxford, pp306. ISBN 9781138830516
- Breau, S. C. and Samuel, K. L. H. (2016) Introduction. In: Breau, S. C. and Samuel, K. L. H. (eds.) Research Handbook on Disasters and International Law. Research Handbooks in International Law. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 1-22. ISBN 9781784717391
- Breau, S. C. and Samuel, K. L. H., eds. (2016) Research handbook on disasters and international law. Research Handbooks in International Law. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. ISBN 9781784717391
- Breau, S. (2014) State practice, customary humanitarian law and civilian casualties of armed conflict. State Practice and International Law Journal, 1 (1). pp. 45-72.
- Breau, S. (2014) Civilian casualties and nuclear weapons: the application of the rule of distinction. In: Black-Branch, J. L. and Fleck, D. (eds.) Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, Netherlands, pp. 105-131. ISBN 9789462650190 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-020-6
- Breau, S. (2013) Low-yield tactical nuclear weapons and the rule of distinction. Flinders Law Journal, 15 (2). pp. 219-256. ISSN 1838-2975
- Breau, S. (2013) Civilian casualties and drone attacks: issues in international humanitarian law. In: Barnidge, R. P. (ed.) The Liberal Way of War. Ashgate, pp. 115-138. ISBN 9781409467397
- Breau, S. (2013) Peacekeeping operations. In: Zyberi, G. (ed.) An Institutional Approach to the Responsibility to Protect. Cambridge University Press, pp. 58-79. ISBN 9781107036444
- Breau, S. and Joyce, R. (2013) The responsibility to record civilian casualties. Global Responsibility to Protect, 5 (1). pp. 28-55. ISSN 1875-9858 doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/1875984X-00501003