International Law

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This collection features podcasts from the Yale Law School lectures on international law.

  1. 2012-02-14

    The Dictates of Justice: Essays on Law and Human Rights

    In this discussion, Yale Law School Sterling Professsor Emeritus Owen Fiss reflects upon his time advising Argentinian President Raúl Alfonsín and his administration during the human rights trials that the country conducted in the mid 1980s. From that experience, Professor Fiss came to see human rights as universal social ideals that are also deeply rooted in a country's processes of national self-determination. In his talk, Professor Fiss explains how states engaging in the transition from dictatorship to democracy, like Argentina, can protect human rights through civil, not just criminal, proceedings. Professor Fiss also takes on the human rights issues posed by the fight against terrorism in the post-9/11 era within the context of national law

    1 sec

  2. 2012-01-30

    The Judge Who Cried: Social and Economic Rights as Judicially Enforceable Fundamental Rights

    Renowned human rights activist and former South Africa Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs delivered the Robert P. Anderson Memorial Fellowship Lecture at Yale Law School on September 21, 2011. The lecture, titled “The Judge Who Cried: Social and Economic Rights as Judicially Enforceable Fundamental Rights.”

    2 sec

  3. 2010-10-25

    Law and Morality in the Jewish Tradition

    Justice Izhak Englard, former justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, gives a Dean's Lecture at Yale Law School on "Law and Morality in the Jewish Tradition."

    3 sec

  4. 2010-08-17

    The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law

    Albie Sachs, former South African Constitutional Justice discusses his life as an anti-apartheid activist, detainment in solitary confinement and subsequent exile. His new book is entitled "The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law".

    2 sec

  5. 2010-08-17

    Taiwan's Developing Rule of Law and its Significance for China: 50 Years of Personal Experience

    Part One - Jerome A. Cohen speaks about his personal experiences in East Asia and about the role of law and politics in China's development. He explains the significance between Taiwan and mainland China.

    4 sec

  6. 2010-08-17

    Lawyering to Foster China's Economic and Legal Development

    Part Two of Three - Jerome A. Cohen speaks about his personal experiences in East Asia and about the role of law and politics in China's development. He explains the significance between Taiwan and mainland China.

    4 sec

  7. 2010-08-17

    Academic, Scholarly, and Law Reform Interaction with China

    Jerome Cohen '55 Professor and Co-Director of the US Asia Law Institute at NYU, gave a three-part lecture series at the Yale Law School in Feb 2010. This third lecture is entitled "Academic, Scholarly, and Law Reform Interaction with China".

    4 sec

  8. 2009-11-06

    Child Soldiers, Justice, and the International Legal Imagination

    Mark Drumbl '75 discusses international law regarding child soldiers in his upcoming book.

    2 sec
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