American academic and legal scholar (born 1954)
This article is about the American academic and legal scholar of international law. For other people with this name, see
David Kennedy (disambiguation)
.
David W. Kennedy
(born 1954)
[1]
is an American academic and legal scholar known for his work on
international law
. As of 2017
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, he is the Manley Hudson Professor of Law at
Harvard Law School
, where he teaches the courses "Global Law and Governance", "Law and Economic Development" and "Expertise and Rulership in Law and Science". He has been a professor at Harvard Law School since 1981, although for a few years he held an appointment at
Brown University
, as Vice President International Affairs and the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations.
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Life and career
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David Kennedy obtained his
B.A.
from
Brown University
in 1976, graduating
cum laude
. In 1979 he completed a
Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy
at the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
at
Tufts University
. He then attended
Harvard Law School
, where he graduated
magna cum laude
with a
J.D.
in 1980, after which he was admitted to the
Bar
in the
District of Columbia
. Kennedy returned to the Tufts and the Fletcher school to complete his doctoral studies, obtaining a
PhD
in international law and organizations, law and economic development in 1984.
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In 1981 Kennedy took up a position as lecturer in Law at Harvard. Over the next 25 years Kennedy held a succession of academic appointments at Harvard, progressing through the
academic ranks
as assistant professor, professor, and faculty director. He is considered a leading figure in international law.
[2]
[4]
He is well known for his article Challenging Expert Rule: The Politics of Global Governance.
He has worked for the
United Nations
, the
European Commission
and in private practice. Kennedy is also a member of
Council on Foreign Relations
, a position held since 2003.
Visiting professorships
and scholarships held by Kennedy during his career include at
Kiel
and
Hamburg
universities (1980?81),
SOAS, University of London
, the
University of Toronto
(1998/99),
University of Paris X
,
Nanterre
(multiple appointments from 1995 to 2006),
Australian National University
(2000),
University of Turin
(2001/02) and the
University of Freiburg
(2007/08).
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Research and publications
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He is one of the leaders of
New Stream
or
New Approaches to International Law
movement, which draws from
Critical Legal Studies
and other methodological sources to engage
international law
. His book
Dark Sides of Virtue: Reassessing International Humanitarianism
(2005) offers a critique of the international
human rights
movement and puts forward an alternative vision of global governance. In addition to dozens of articles on legal history and theory, Kennedy has authored several other books, most recently,
The Canon of American Legal Thought
(edited with
William W. Fisher
, 2006),
Of War and Law
(2006) and "A World of Struggle: How Power, Law, and Expertise Shape Global Political Economy" (2016).
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