Robert Howse
Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law, New York University (NYU)
Robert Howse is the Lloyd C. Nelson Professor of International Law at NYU School of Law. His teaching and research focus on international economic law (trade, investment, and finance) and legal and political philosophy. He is a co-founder and co-convener of the New York City Area Working Group on International Economic Law. Professor Howse's article with Ruti Teitel "Beyond Compliance: Rethinking Why International Law Really Matters" was awarded the Global Policy Best Article Prize 2010 (shared with Joseph Stiglitz et al).
Recent representative publications of Professor Howse include: "Necessary Justice: 'Political' Trials and Modern Political Philosophy," Cardozo Law Review, 2025, "Continuity and Change in the World Trade Organization: Pluralism Past, Present and Future," (co-author with Joanna Langille) American the Journal of International Law, 2023, “Epilogue: In Defense of Disruptive Democracy: A Critique of Anti-Populism,” International Journal of Constitutional Law (2019); “International Investment Law and Arbitration: A Conceptual Framework”, in International Law and Litigation: A Look at Procedure (2019), “The WTO 20 Years On: Global Governance by Judiciary”, European Journal of International Law (2016); The Legitimacy of International Trade Courts and Tribunals (co-editor), Cambridge University Press (2018).
Professor Howse has been a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and visiting professor at Harvard Law School, Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Paris 1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne), and Osgoode Hall Law School in Canada, among other institutions.
Sessions
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22 May Fri
Militant Democracy and the rule of law
Alexandros Papanastasiou Ceremony Hall - Faculty of Philosophy Old Building05:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Satellite Event