Ronald Myles Dworkin was an American philosopher,jurist,and scholar of United States constitutional law. At the time of his death,he was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London. Dworkin had taught previously at Yale Law School and the University of Oxford,where he was the Professor of Jurisprudence,successor to philosopher H.L.A. Hart. An influential contributor to both philosophy of law and political philosophy,Dworkin received the 2007 Holberg International Memorial Prize in the Humanities for "his pioneering scholarly work" of "worldwide impact." According to a survey in The Journal of Legal Studies,Dworkin was the second most-cited American legal scholar of the twentieth century. After his death,the Harvard legal scholar Cass Sunstein said Dworkin was "one of the most important legal philosophers of the last 100 years. He may well head the list."
Cass Robert Sunstein is an American legal scholar known for his studies of constitutional law,administrative law,environmental law,law and behavioral economics. He is also The New York Times best-selling author of The World According to Star Wars (2016) and Nudge (2008). He was the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2012.
Harold Hongju Koh is an American lawyer and legal scholar who served as the legal adviser of the Department of State in the Obama administration. He was nominated to this position by President Barack Obama on March 23,2009,and confirmed by the Senate on June 25,2009. He left the State Department in January 2013,returning to Yale University as a Sterling Professor of international law. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007.
New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University,a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835,it is the oldest law school in New York City and the oldest surviving law school in New York State. Located in Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan,NYU Law offers J.D.,LL.M.,and J.S.D. degrees in law.
Jeremy Waldron is a New Zealand professor of law and philosophy. He holds a University Professorship at the New York University School of Law,is affiliated with the New York University Department of Philosophy,and was formerly the Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at All Souls College,Oxford University. Waldron also holds an adjunct professorship at Victoria University of Wellington. Waldron is regarded as one of the world's leading legal and political philosophers.
Theodor Meron,is an Israeli-American judge. He served as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR),and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism). He served as President of the ICTY four times and inaugural President of the Mechanism for three terms (2012–19).
Robert Louis Bernstein was an American publisher and human rights activist.
Humanitarian intervention is the use or threat of military force by a state across borders with the intent of ending severe and widespread human rights violations in a state which has not given permission for the use of force. Humanitarian interventions are aimed at ending human rights violations of individuals other than the citizens of the intervening state. Humanitarian interventions are only intended to alleviate the worst forms of suffering,which means that peacekeeping,peace-building and development aid do not fall under the definition of a humanitarian intervention.
Kenji Yoshino is a legal scholar and the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law. Formerly,he was the Guido Calabresi Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His work involves constitutional law,anti-discrimination law,civil and human rights,as well as law and literature,and Japanese law and society.
Eric Andrew Posner is an American lawyer and legal scholar who has served as a counsel for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division since 2022. As a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School,Posner has taught international law,contract law,and bankruptcy,among other areas. As of 2021,he was the second most-cited active legal scholar in the United States. He is the son of retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner.
Rosa Brooks is an American law professor,journalist,author and commentator on foreign policy,U.S. politics and criminal justice. She is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy at Georgetown University Law Center. Brooks is also an adjunct scholar at West Point's Modern War Institute and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation. From April 2009 to July 2011,Brooks was a counselor to Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy.
Thio Li-ann is a Singaporean law professor at the National University of Singapore. She was educated at the University of Oxford,Harvard Law School and the University of Cambridge. In January 2007,she was appointed a Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) in Singapore's 11th Parliament.
Sarah Hull Cleveland is an American law professor and noted expert in international law and the constitutional law of U.S. foreign relations,with particular interests in the status of international law in U.S. domestic law,international and comparative human rights law,international humanitarian law,and national security. She is the current nominee to be the Legal Adviser of the Department of State in the Biden administration. She will be nominated to be a judge on the International Court of Justice.
Menachem (Menny) Mautner is the Daniel Rubinstein Professor of Comparative Civil Law and Jurisprudence at the Tel Aviv University,Faculty of Law and was Dean of the Faculty between the years 2000 and 2002. He obtained a J.S.D. from Yale Law School. Mautner teaches at Tel Aviv University courses in the areas of contract law,law and culture and multiculturalism.
Chockalingam Raj Kumar is the founding Vice-Chancellor of OP Jindal Global University in Sonipat,Haryana,India,and the Dean of the Jindal Global Law School,a private university,promoted by politician and businessman Naveen Jindal.
Simon Chesterman is an Australian legal academic and writer who is currently vice-provost at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and dean of the NUS's Faculty of Law and NUS College. He is also a senior director for AI Governance at AI Singapore,editor of the Asian Journal of International Law and co-president of the Law Schools Global League.
Eyal Benvenisti is an attorney and legal academic,and Whewell Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge. He was formerly Anny and Paul Yanowicz Professor of Human Rights at Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Law. Since 2003 he has been part of the Global Law Faculty at New York University School of Law. He is the founding co-editor of Theoretical Inquiries in Law (1997–2002),where he served as Editor in Chief (2003-2006). He has also served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of International Law,and International Law in Domestic Courts.
Zachary Daniel Coleman Kaufman is a law professor,political scientist,author,and social entrepreneur. He is currently associate professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Houston Law Center,where he teaches Criminal Law,International Law,and International and Transitional Justice. He also holds appointments at the university's Department of Political Science,Hobby School of Public Affairs,and Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership. Kaufman specializes in criminal law,international law,international and transitional justice,international courts and tribunals,human rights,atrocity crimes,atrocity prevention and response,legislation,bystanders and upstanders,U.S. foreign policy and national security,the United Nations,social entrepreneurship,and Africa.
Orna Ben-Naftali is the rector of the College of Management Academic Studies and the Emile Zola Chair for Human Rights. She has previously served as dean of the Striks School of Law,College of Management Academic Studies.
Oona Anne Hathaway is an American professor and lawyer. She is the founder and director of the Center for Global Legal Challenges at Yale Law School. She is also a professor of international and area studies at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies and a faculty member at the Jackson School of Global Affairs.
