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Professional biography

Prior to coming to the Law School, Marjan was a Visiting-Research Fellow at NYU's Program for International Relations, a post-doc for the PluriCourts Centre of Excellence at the University of Oslo, Norway, and a PhD researcher at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, where he has also been a visiting professor.

Marjan is interested in all things related to international courts, tribunals and quasi-judicial bodies. He is currently trying to see how the research into the independence and accountability of courts in national systems can be adapted to the research into the independence and accountability of international courts. He has a life-long interest in all things space, so recently he has expanded his research into space governance as part of governing the international commons.

Research interests

International Courts and Tribunals
Quality of Justice in International Law
Global governance and governing the international commons
Comparative Constitutional Law

Publications

Journal articles

ChatGPT and the Future of Legal Education and Practice (2023)
Ajevski, Marjan; Barker, Kim; Gilbert, Andrew; Hardie, Liz and Ryan, Francine
The Law Teacher, 57(3) (pp. 352-364)

Post-national (international) law at the end of history (2016-10)
Ajevski, Marjan
International Politics Reviews, 4(2) (pp. 45-54)

Freedom of Speech as Related to Journalists in the ECtHR, IACtHR and the Human Rights Committee – a Study of Fragmentation (2014)
Ajevski, Marjan
Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 32(2) (pp. 118-139)

Fragmentation in International Human Rights Law – Beyond Conflict of Laws (2014)
Ajevski, Marjan
Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 32(2) (pp. 87-98)

International Criminal Law and Constitutionalisation: On Hegemonic Narratives in Progress (2013-06)
Ajevski, Marjan
Erasmus Law Review, 6(1) (pp. 50-62)

Serious Breaches, the Draft Articles on State Responsibility and Universal Jurisdiction (2008)
Ajevski, Marjan
European Journal of Legal Studies, 2(1) (pp. 12-48)

Book chapters

Human rights law (2025)
Ajevski, Marjan
In: Hofmann, Mahulena and Blount, P.J. eds. Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Space Law (pp. 122-125)
ISBN : 9781802207354 | Publisher : Elgar

The Triumph of International Law: The Clash of Ideas That Shapes International Law (2020)
Ajevski, Marjan
In: Claydon, Lisa and Derry, Caroline eds. Law in Motion: 50 Years of Legal Change (pp. 67-88)
ISBN : ISBN 978-1-4730-3148-7 | Publisher : Open University Law School | Published : Milton Keynes

The Triumph of International Law: The Clash of Ideas That Shape International Law (2020)
Ajevski, Marjan
In: Claydon, Lisa; Derry, Caroline and Ajevski, Marjan eds. Law in Motion: 50 years of Legal Change (pp. 67-88)
ISBN : 978-1-4730-3148-7 | Publisher : The Open University Law School

Quality of Reasoning in International Criminal Tribunals (2018-12-03)
Ajevski, Marjan
In: Bencze, Mátyás and Ng, Gar Yein eds. How to Measure the Quality of Judicial Reasoning. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (IUSGENT) (69) (pp. 207-224)
ISBN : 978-3-319-97315-9 | Publisher : Springer

Fragmentation in International Human Rights Law - Beyond Conflict of Laws (2015-06-08)
Ajevski, Marjan
In: Ajevski, Marjan ed. Fragmentation in International Human Rights Law: Beyond Conflict of Laws (pp. 1-12)
ISBN : 9781138906570 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London and New York

Freedom of Speech as Related to Journalists in the ECtHR, IACtHR and the Human Rights Committee – A Study of Fragmentation (2015-06-08)
Ajevski, Marjan
In: Ajevski, Marjan ed. Fragmentation in International Human Rights Law: Beyond Conflict of Laws (pp. 32-53)
ISBN : 9781138906570 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London and New York

Preconditions for Stare Decisis – What International Law Can Learn from Comparative Constitutional Law (2013)
Ajevski, Marjan
In: Wolfrum, Rüdiger and Gätzschmann, Ina eds. International Dispute Settlement: Room for Innovations?. Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht (pp. 293-310)
Publisher : Springer

Edited books

Law in Motion: 50 Years of Legal Change (2020-12)
Claydon, Lisa; Derry, Caroline and Ajevski, Marjan eds.
ISBN : 978-1-4730-3148-7 | Publisher : Open University Law School | Published : Milton Keynes

Fragmentation in International Human Rights Law: Beyond Conflict of Laws (2015-06-08)
Ajevski, Marjan
Ajevski, Marjan ed.
ISBN : 978-1138906570 | Publisher : Routledge

Other

Unstable Identities: The European Court of Human Rights and the Margin of Appreciation (2014)
Ajevski, Marjan
SSRN, Oslo.

Interpretation and the Constraints on International Courts (2012)
Ajevski, Marjan
PluriCourts