Professor Monica Hakimi, University of Michigan, gives a talk for the PIL discussion series. When we speak of the rule of law, we generally mean to describe the attributes that make law, as an enterprise, worthwhile--the qualities that lead us to aspire to live in a society governed by law. Though international lawyers commonly invoke the concept, we have de ... Show More
Mar 2025
Immunities and the Crime of Aggression - A Search for Normative Coherence
Tom Dannenbaum, Associate Professor of International Law at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, examines approaches to addressing the crime of aggression within a normatively coherent framework of immunities and international crimes. He particularly focuses ... Show More
34m 42s
May 2022
International Law, Politics and Ethics of Humanitarian Military Intervention
Dr Iacovos Kareklas, Visiting Fellow at the Changing Character of War Centre (CCW), presents a strongly argued thesis that there is a legal and moral right to unilateral humanitarian intervention which dates back to the Peloponnesian War. The presented paper adopts a fresh approa ... Show More
45m 28s
Jun 2023
Building a Just World: How Our Laws Express Our Collective Values & the Challenge of Uplifting Our Values, Law, and Society (Part 2)
<p><strong>Ep. 82 (Part 2 of 2) | </strong>Constitutional law expert and criminal justice professor <strong>Mark Fischler</strong> has a thirst for justice and a gift for teaching. With cogency and passion, Mark explains that law is not the absolute that we perhaps thou ... Show More
1h 1m