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The 16th annual Henry
Morris Lecture in
International and Comparative Law
September 30, 2004 12 noon
"The Uncertain Self-Identity of International
Criminal Courts"
Mirjan R. Damaska
Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Unversity
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» THE UNCERTAIN SELF-IDENTITY OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
COURTS
Professor Damaska contends that without an understanding of the
particular goals and contexts of international criminal adjudication,
it is difficult to assess the adequacy of the substantive and procedural
law used by international criminal courts.
He will analyze the broad array of objectives judges have set
for themselves in international criminal courts and show that
they are often, in his view, conflicting. He will explain what
consequences this has for international
criminal litigation.
His proposed solution is to abandon some of these ambitious goals
and to modify others in order to make adjudication in these courts
effective.
» ABOUT MIRJAN DAMASKA
Mirjan Damaska has been a professor of law at Yale University since
1976. He is currently Sterling Professor of Law, which is Yale's
highest faculty honor. During the early 1970's, he was a professor
of law at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Zagreb,
where he served as acting dean. He has also been a member of the
international faculty of comparative law in Luxembourg. Professor
Damaska was educated at the Universities of Zagreb, Luxembourg,
and Ljubljana. He is a member of the Croatian Academy of Arts and
Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the board of
directors of the American Association for the Comparative Study
of Law, and the International Academy of Comparative Law. Professor
Damaska is the author of nine books and over 80 articles on comparative
law, criminal law, criminal and civil procedure, evidence, constitutional
law and legal history. His works have been published in the U.S.,
Germany, the former
Yugoslavia, Croatia, France, England, Chile and China.
» ABOUT THE LECTURE
This program is funded through the Henry Morris Endowment. An 1889
graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Henry Crittendon Morris
(1863-1948) enjoyed a distinguished career as an international lawyer
and diplomat. During 25 years of foreign service prior to World
War I, Mr. Morris served as the United States Consul in Ghent, Belgium,
and as secretary to
Chief Justice Fuller at the Permanent International Court at the
Hague. When the war broke out, he returned to Chicago to coordinate
Red Cross and Liberty Loan campaigns on behalf of the American war
effort.
Mr. Morris was a member of the American Society of International
Law and a number of other organizations devoted to improving international
relations. He was the author of The History of Colonization
from the Earliest Times to the Present Day (1906). The French
government made him a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor
in 1937.
The public is cordially invited to attend the lecture. The lecture
is free and no
registration is required. For more information, call 312/906-5090.
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