James A. Green currently teaches the following modules:

• LLB: Foundations of International Law, International Law
• LLM: The Use of Military Force, Introduction to International Law

He is the Research Division Leader for Law and is a member of the Global Law at Reading (GLAR) research group.

Public International Law: the use of force (particularly self-defence), customary international law, the law relating to cyber warfare, nuclear non-proliferation law and space law.

Further Publications

• Green, J. A. (2019) Book review: Forcese, C., Destroying the Caroline: the frontier raid that reshaped the right to war. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law 6. pp. 338-347.
• Green, J. A. (2019) Nuclear weapons might save the world from an asteroid strike - but we need to change the law first. The Conversation (24 April 2010). [This piece was also republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons licence in The Independent (16 May 2019); Metro; Newsweek; MSN News; Yahoo News; Phys.org (25 April 2019); TNW (12 May 2019)].
• Green, J. A. (2018) Planetary defense and international law: balancing risks. Arms Control Law (27 November 2018).
• Green, J. A. (2018) Book review: Henderson, C., The use of force and international law. International and Comparative Law Quarterly 67. pp. 1035-1036.
• Green, J. A. (2018) Book review: Friman, J., Revisiting the concept of defence in the jus ad bellum: the dual face of defence. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law 5 (2). pp. 403-411.
• Green, J. A. (2017) Editorial comment: The 'additional' criteria for collective self-defence: request but not declaration. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law 4 (1). pp. 4-13.
• Green, J. A. (2017) Initial thoughts on the UK Attorney General's Self-Defence speech. EJIL:Talk! (13 January 2017).
• Green, J. A. (2016) Pipelines and persistent objection: indigenous rights in Justin Trudeau's Canada. OUPblog (12 December 2016).
• Grimal, F. and Green, J. A. (2016) Book review: Maogoto, J., Technology and the law on the use of force. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law 3 (1). pp. 177-184.
• Green, J. A. (2014) Book review: Roscini, M., Cyber operations and the use of force in international law. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law 1 (2). pp. 387-394.
• Green, J. A. (2014) Editorial comment: The annexation of Crimea - Russia, passportisation and the protection of nationals revisited. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law 1 (1). pp. 3-10.
• Green, J. A. (2014) Book review: M.P. Scharf, Customary international law in times of fundamental change: recognizing Grotian moments. International and Comparative Law Quarterly 63 (3).  pp. 781-782.
• Green, J. A. (2014) Book review: Tibori Szabó, K., Anticipatory action in self-defence: essence and limits under international law. Netherlands International Law Review, 61 (1). pp. 123-128.
• Green, J. A. (2012) Hero worship? New Law Journal, 7533. pp. 1284-1285.
• Green, J. A. (2012) Book review: Joyner, D. H., Interpreting the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. American Journal of International Law, 106. pp. 426-431.
• Green, J. A. (2011) Book review: Ruys, T., 'Armed attack' and article 51 of the UN Charter. Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 16. pp. 407-410.
• Green, J. A. (2011) Reflection gives students credit where it's due. Teaching Matters (University of Reading), 25. pp. 4.
• Green, J. A. (2011) Questioning the peremptory status of the prohibition of the use of force. EJIL:Talk! (17 March 2011).
• Green, J. A. (2009) Book review: Williamson, M., Terrorism, war and international law: the legality of the use of force against Afghanistan in 2001. British Yearbook of International Law, 80. pp. 439-442.
• Green, J. A. (2009) Book review: Falk, R. A., The costs of war: international law, The UN and world order. Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 27. pp. 239-241. 
• Green, J. A. (2007) An unusual silence. New Law Journal, 157. pp. 1478-1479.

Conference Papers and Presentations

• "Hope and International Law", opening keynote address at the 3rd Postgraduate Conference in International Law and Human Rights, hosted by the International Law and Human Rights Unit at the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, 17 June 2019.
• "Understanding the Persistent Objector Rule" presented at UCL Faculty of Laws (under the auspices of the British Branch of the International Law Association), London, Oxford, 23 January 2019.
• "Planetary Defence: Asteroids, Nuclear Weapons and International Law" presented as part of the University of Oxford's Public International Law Discussion Group (convened under the auspices of the British Branch of the International Law Association, University of Oxford Faculty of Law and Oxford University Press), All Souls College, Oxford, 23 November 2017.
• "The Persistent Objector Rule in the Work of the International Law Commission" presented at the at the biennial conference of the Italian Branch of the International Law Association, Università Carlo Cattaneo-LIUC, Castellanza, Milan, Italy, 17 November 2017.
• "The Chilcot Report: Some Thoughts on International Law and Legal Advice" presented at the After Chilcot: Evaluating the Legal Implications of the Iraq Inquiry symposium, at the University of Liverpool's London Campus, 8 December 2016 (co-presentation with Stephen Samuel).
• "The Persistent Objector Rule in International Law" presented at the University of Lincoln, 16 November 2016.
• "Russia/Ukraine: Passportisation and the Protection of Nationals Revisited" presented at the Moscow's Hybrid War in Ukraine symposium, co-organised by the University of Bournemouth and the Swedish National Defence College, Bournemouth, 25 February 2015.
• "International Law within the Public Consciousness of the United Kingdom, with a Focus on the Chilcot Iraq Inquiry" presented at the ESCR-funded Commissions of Inquiry: Problems and Prospects workshop at the University of Liverpool, 16 January 2015 (co-presentation with Stephen Samuel).
• "The Self-Defence Reporting Requirement" presented at a staff work-in-progress seminar, University of Reading, 4 December 2013.
• "The Requirement that Self-Defence Actions are Reported to the United Nations Security Council" presented at the University of Liverpool, 27 November 2013.
• "Report on Self-Defence" presented to the Open Working Session of the Committee on the Use of Force at the International Law Association Biannual Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, 28 August 2012.
• "Cyber-Attacks Under International Law" presented at the International Society for Military Sciences Annual Conference, Tartu, Estonia (hosted by the Baltic Defence College), 9 November 2011.
• "India as a Persistent Objector to a Customary Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban: The Implications of Possible Peremptory Status and the Indo-US 123 Agreement" presented at the Third "123 Agreement Project" Workshop, Delhi, India (hosted by the Indian Society of International Law, in partnership with the University of Reading and The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai), 2 April 2011.
• "International Law - An Academic Overview" presented at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy, as part of the Advanced Command and Staff Course for international military personnel, Shrivenham, 16 November 2010.
• "The Persistent Objector Rule in International Law" presented at a staff seminar, University of Reading, 16 June 2010.
• "Objections to the Persistent Objector Rule" presented at the International Law Association British Branch Annual Conference, Oxford Brookes University, 15 April 2010.
• "The Caroline Incident of 1837 and the Modern International Law Governing Self-Defence" presented at the Second Biennial General Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, Tokyo, Japan, 2 August 2009.
• "The Russian Claim of Self-Defence" presented at the Conflict in the Caucasus: Implications for International Legal Order Conference, at the University of Reading (co-sponsored by the Centre for Transnational Law and Justice at the University of Windsor), 15 April 2009.
• "International Law and the Use of Force in Self-Defence" presented at the University of Cambridge, Madingley Hall, to delegates from HM armed forces, 4 February 2009.
• "The Objective Nature of Self-Defence in International Law" presented at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, Canada, 7 February 2008.
• "Understanding the Relevance of the Caroline Formula Today" presented at the Law Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research, 4th International Conference on Law, 16 July 2007.
• "The Clarification of Self-Defence: Proposals Old and New" presented at the Julius Stone Centenary Conference, University of Sydney, Australia, 7 July 2007.
• "DRC v. Uganda: Fluctuating Evidentiary Standards for Self-Defence?" presented at the Public International Law Research Symposium at the University of Edinburgh, 24 May 2006.