David Caron
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David D. Caron (28 June 1952 – 20 February 2018[1]) was an American attorney who was the dean of the King's College London School of Law, and an emeritus professor of UC Berkeley School of Law. Caron was a Member of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and a Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice.
Biography
Caron attended the United States Coast Guard Academy, majoring in physics and political science and as Commander of the Corps of Cadets in 1974. He was an Arctic navigator and salvage-diving officer aboard the US Coast Guard cutter Polar Star. In San Francisco he was assistant chief of the Marine Environment Protection Service for California. Caron studied at the University of Wales in Cardiff in 1979 on a Fulbright Commission scholarship. He then studied law at the University of California, Berkeley. He subsequently joined the faculty in 1987. He also served as a legal assistant at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal for both Judges Richard M. Mosk and Charles N. Brower. Professor Caron developed extensive expertise as an international arbitrator, including as a Commissioner with the Precedent Panel of the U. N. Compensation Commission in Geneva that resolved claims from the 1990 Gulf War.[2]
Death
Caron died at St. Thomas' Hospital, London, on 20 February 2018.[1]
Publications
Articles
Lectures
Understanding Why International Courts and Tribunals Look and Act as They Do in the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law
References
- ^ a b Brower, Charles N. (29 August 2018). "Berkeley Law Professor Emeritus David Caron '83 Passes Away at 65". Berkeley Law. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "David Caron". Retrieved 18 July 2021.
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