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  • International Law and the Arts

    Episode 26
    Published: 2020-09-11
    Length: 29:34
    Hosts: Mary Ellen O’Connell

    Mary Ellen O'Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution, talks with Martha C. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, talk about how the arts can impact international law and efforts to reduce violence around the world.

    This is the fourth and final episode in a series focused on different themes emerging in O'Connell's 2019 book, The Art of Law in the International Community. 

    Previous episodes focused on nonviolent resistance and international law, featuring Maria Stephan; legal arguments for prohibition of force, featuring Samuel Moyn; and peace studies and the art of law, featuring George Lopez. 

    Topics: Arts, International law, Violence

  • International Law, Nonviolent Resistance, Intervention, and the Right to Assist

    Episode 12
    Published: 2020-01-24
    Length: 31:19
    Hosts: Mary Ellen O’Connell

    This episode is the third in a series of four episodes hosted by Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell focusing on themes laid out in her 2019 book, "The Art of Law in the International Community." Mary Ellen is the Robert & Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution. In this episode, she talks with Maria J. Stephan, director of the Program on Nonviolent Action at the U.S. Institute of Peace.

    Topics: International law, Nonviolence

  • Mary Ellen O’Connell and George Lopez on Peace Studies and the Art of Law

    Episode 1
    Published: 2019-08-16
    Length: 37:21
    Hosts: Mary Ellen O’Connell

    Kroc Institute faculty members Mary Ellen O’Connell, the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution, and George A. Lopez, Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies, discuss international law, peace studies, realism, aesthetic philosophy and more, drawing on insights from O'Connell's new book, "The Art of Law in the International Community."

    Topics: International law, Peace Studies, Realism

  • Mary Ellen O’Connell and Samuel Moyn on Legal Arguments for Prohibition of Force

    Episode 7
    Published: 2019-11-07
    Length: 37:25
    Hosts: Mary Ellen O’Connell

    This episode is the second part of a four part conversation featuring Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell talking about themes emerging from her 2019 book, "The Art of Law in the International Community." O’Connell is the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute at Notre Dame. O’Connell is joined by Professor Samuel Moyn, the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History at Yale Law School. They discuss the history of legal movements to prohibit the use of force and military aggression.

    Topics: International law, Military aggression