Guest lecture by prof. Timothy Waters

Guest lecture by prof. Timothy Waters
20/02

20. February 2019. 14:00

ELTE ÁJK Faculty Council Room (1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3., ground floor)

02/20

2019. February 20. 14:00 -

ELTE ÁJK Faculty Council Room (1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3., ground floor)


Prof. Waters from Indiana University gives an open lecture with the title: „Boxing Pandora: Rethinking Self-Determination as a Right of Secession”.

Timothy William Waters is a professor of international law at Indiana University. A graduate of Harvard Law School and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a former Humboldt Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut in Heidelberg. He teaches and writes on international criminal law, conflict and the formation of states. His book ‘Boxing Pandora: Rethinking Borders, States and Secession for a Democratic World’ will be published by Yale University Press this fall.

International law and politics have long distrusted secession, viewing it as chaotic, destabilizing and illiberal. But what if unchanging borders are the problem? Drawing on his forthcoming book, and drawing on the continuing dispute over Kosovo, prof. Waters examines the untested assumptions behind the current orthodoxy around borders, arguing that a more flexible approach to secession might actually reduce instability and be more consistent with values of justice.

All students interested in the lecture are cordially invited to attend!