Law, Rights, and Violence: Workshop of the Program in the History and Theory of International Law
April 27, 2005
Professors Benedict Kingsbury and Martti Koskenniemi, co-directors of the Program, convened a workshop to discuss papers on Grotius' conception of the state of nature, and on relations between resource extraction, trade and violence in the history of international law. Historians, political theorists, law faculty, and students specializing in this field participated in the discussions.
Workshop Program
2pm-3.30pm:
Paper: Benjamin Straumann (Zurich PhD student in Ancient history, visiting in H&T Program at NYU), Grotius' Concept of the State of Nature and its Implications for Natural Rights.
Comments: David Armitage (History Dept, Harvard)
3.30pm-4pm: Coffee
4pm-6pm:
Paper: Robert Dufresne (NYU Law JSD student), Relations between Trade and Violence in the History of International Law.
Comments: James Cockayne (NYU Law JSD student.)
6pm Drinks and dinner
LIST OF CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
David Armitage, Harvard History
Laurie Benton, NYU History
Nehal Bhuta, NYU Law grad student
Jane Burbank, NYU History
Simon Chesterman, NYU Law
James Cockayne, NYU Law doctoral student
Harlan Cohen, NYU Law graduate
Kelly De Luca, Columbia History doctoral student
Robert Dufresne, NYU Law doctoral student
Kirsty Gover, NYU Law doctoral student
Dan Hulsebosch, NYU Law
Benedict Kingsbury, NYU Law
Martti Koskenniemi, NYU/Helsinki Law
Mattias Kumm, NYU Law
Karen Kupperman, NYU History
Susan Marks, Cambridge Law
Janneke Nijman, Amsterdam Law post-doc
Jennifer Pitts, Princeton Politics
Cristina Rodriguez, NYU Law
Benjamin Straumann, Zurich History doctoral student
