Princeton University

Specialization: Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; international law

Prior to becoming Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Dean Slaughter was the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign and Comparative Law and director of graduate and international legal studies at Harvard Law School. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dean Slaughter writes and lectures widely on international law and foreign policy issues. She has written over fifty articles and edited or written four books, on subjects such as the effectiveness of international courts and tribunals, the legal dimensions of the war on terrorism, building global democracy, international law and international relations theory, and compliance with international rules. Her article, The Real New World Order, originally published in the 75th anniversary issue of Foreign Affairs, is now widely taught in colleges and universities. Her book on that same subject - global governance through networks of national government officials is forthcoming from Princeton University Press. In the summer of 2000, Dean Slaughter delivered a series of lectures on international law and international relations as part of the millennial lectures at the Hague Academy of International Law. She has been a frequent media commentator and op-ed contributor on international tribunals, terrorism, and international law. Recent publications include: An International Constitutional Moment (with William Burke-White), 43 Harvard International Law Journal 1 (2002); Legalization and World Politics, with Judith Goldstein, Miles Kahler, and Robert O. Keohane, co-editors (2001); Building Global Democracy, 1 Chicago Journal of International Law 223 (2000); Judicial Globalization, 40 Virginia Journal of International Law 1103 (2000); Plaintiff's Diplomacy (with David Bosco), 79 Foreign Affairs 102 (2000); and Governing the Global Economy Through Government Networks in The Role of Law in International Politics 177 (Michael Byers, ed., 2000).

D.Phil , Oxford University; JD, Harvard University

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