History and Theory of International Law Events
April 15, 2010
Book event: The Philosophy of International Law. With Samantha Besson, co-editor of the volume, Jean Cohen, Robert Howse, Benedict Kingsbury, Liam Murphy, Benjamin Straumann, Ruti Teitel, and Jeremy Waldron. Please RSVP by April 9, 2010. Invitation, event flyer.
6:00Pm - 7:30PM, Furman Hall, Pollack Colloquium Room
September 17, 2009
Ariel Colonomos book presentation: Preventive War in the Rearview Mirror: the Ambiguities of the Just War Tradition. This presentation was based on his recently published book Le Pari de la guerre.
Invitation & Paper
March 13-15 2008
The Program convened a major conference "Commemorative Conference on Alberico Gentili: A Just Empire? Rome ’s Legal Legacy and the Justification of War and Empire in International Law". An edited book on this topic is in preparation. The program has engaged classicist Professor David Lupher to translate Alberico Gentili's De Armis Romanis [1599] into English; edited and with an introduction by Benedict Kingsbury and Benjamin Straumann, this volume will be published by Oxford University Press.
Fall 2005/2006
The Political Theory of Alberico Gentili (1552-1608) and its Relation to the Subsequent Works of Hugo Grotius was the subject of workshops at NYU in Fall 2005 and Fall 2006 with guest lecturer Diego Panizza (University of Padua). Comments by IILJ Visiting Fellow Benjamin Straumann.
Spring 2004
The Program convened an interdisciplinary weekly discussion group on International Law in Times of Empire.
