International Law Yale Law School

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

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.”

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."

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".

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.

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.