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Noah Weisbord

Professeur agr茅g茅

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Canada H3A 1W9

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Noah Weisbord


Biographie

Noah Weisbord est professeur agr茅g茅e 脿 la Facult茅 de droit de L鈥橴niversit茅 海角社区. Ses recherches portent sur le r么le du droit p茅nal dans la gestion, le reflet ou l'exacerbation des conflits intergroupes. Un de ses projets actuels examine la l茅gitime d茅fense dans le droit p茅nal canadien d'un point de vue historique, comparatif et conceptuel. Un autre projet est une 茅tude des doctrines de responsabilit茅 de groupe, y compris la conspiration s茅ditieuse, l'entreprise criminelle commune et la RICO, dans une perspective internationale et comparative. Noah est un expert de premier plan sur le crime d'agression,听il a aid茅 des d茅l茅gations diplomatiques 脿 d茅finir听la responsabilit茅 p茅nale individuelle en cas de guerre agressive.

Les articles scientifiques de Noah ont 茅t茅 publi茅s dans le 海角社区 Law Journal, le Queen's Law Journal, le Harvard International Law Journal, le Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, le Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, Law and Contemporary Problems et d'autres publications. Les opinions et les commentaires 茅ditoriaux de Noah ont 茅t茅 publi茅s dans le New York Times, l'International Herald Tribune, le Globe and Mail et le National Post. Sa monographie sur le crime d'agression a 茅t茅 publi茅e par Princeton University Press en 2019.

Parcours professionnel

  • Associate Professor, 海角社区, Faculty of Law, 2023-听

  • Associate Professor, Queen鈥檚 University, Faculty of Law, 2018-2023听

  • Visiting Professor, Queen鈥檚 University, Faculty of Law, 2017-2018听

  • Associate Professor, Florida International University College of Law, 2013-2017听

  • Assistant Professor, Florida International University College of Law, 2010-2013听

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Duke Law School, 2008-2010听

  • Teaching Fellow, Harvard Law School, 2005-2006听

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  • Doctorate in Juridical Science (S.J.D.), Harvard Law School, 2004-2011听

  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program, Harvard Law School, 2003-2004听

  • Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), 海角社区, 1999-2003听

  • Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.), 海角社区, 1999-2003听

  • Bachelor of Common Law (LL.B.), 海角社区, 1999-2003听

  • Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.), 海角社区, 1997-1998听

  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. in Psychology), 海角社区, 1994-1997听

Champs d'int茅r锚t

  • Criminal law听

  • 贰惫颈诲别苍肠别听

  • International Criminal Law听

  • Comparative Criminal Law听

  • Public International Law听

  • Law and War听

Recent Professional Accomplishments

  • Winner of The David Watson Memorial Award for 鈥淟icence to Khill: What Appellate Decisions Reveal About Canada鈥檚 New Self-Defence Law,鈥 presented annually for the paper published in the鈥疩ueen鈥檚 Law Journal鈥痡udged to make the most significant contribution to legal scholarship听

  • 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Afraid of the Lucky Moose? Canada鈥檚 Dangerous Self-Defence Innovation,鈥 cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Khill (2021)听

  • Co-Chair of the Anti-Racism Working Group at Queen鈥檚 University, 2020-2021.听

  • Member of the Council of Advisers on the Application of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to Cyberwarfare, 2019-Present听

  • Publication of The Crime of Aggression: the Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents and Autocrats鈥(Princeton University Press, 2019)听

  • Keynote Lecture, 2017 Annual 海角社区 Law Graduate Conference, 鈥淪elf-Defense in Climates of Fear.鈥澨

  • Invited expert participating in the activation of International Criminal Court jurisdiction over the crime of aggression alongside genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, United Nations Headquarters, 2017听

Publications r茅centes听

Books (Monograph)

  • Noah Weisbord,鈥疶he Crime of Aggression: the Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents and Autocrats鈥(Princeton University Press, 2019)听

Articles听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淏enjamin Ferencz in the Cold War,鈥 8(3) Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review (Forthcoming 2025).

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淒iplomatic Practices: Activating the Crime of Aggression,鈥 40 American University International Law Review (Forthcoming 2025).

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淏enjamin Ferencz in the Cold War,鈥 8(3) Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review (Forthcoming 2025).

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淟icence to Khill: What Appellate Decisions Reveal About Canada鈥檚 New Self-Defence Law,鈥 46(1)鈥疩ueen鈥檚 Law Journal 97鈥(2020)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Afraid of the Lucky Moose? Canada鈥檚 Dangerous Self-Defence Innovation,鈥 64(2)鈥=巧缜 Law Journal 349 (2018)鈥(published summer鈥2020).听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淎 Practitioner鈥檚 Bildungsroman: Book Review of Payam Akhavan鈥檚鈥疘n Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey,鈥 Journal of Human Rights Practice鈥(July 2019)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淏argaining Practices: Negotiating the Kampala Compromise,鈥 76 (3) Law & Contemporary Problems, 85 (Winter 2014)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淛udging Aggression,鈥 50(1) Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 82 (Winter 2012)听

  • Noah Weisbord & Matthew Smith, 鈥淭he Reason Behind the Rules: From Description to Normativity in International Criminal Procedure,鈥 36 North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation 255 (Winter 2011)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淭he 1990s and the Use of Force: Anxiety, Realignment and New Justifications,鈥 22 (1) Global Change, Peace & Security 129 (February 2010)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐onceptualizing Aggression,鈥 20(1) Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law 1 (Fall 2009)听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淧rosecuting Aggression,鈥 49 Harvard International Law Journal 168 (Winter 2008)听

Chapitres听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐ivil Society,鈥 in The Crime of Aggression: A Commentary, Claus Kre脽 and Stefan Barriga, eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2017)听

  • Noah Weisbord and Carla Reyes, 鈥淲ar Crimes,鈥 in International Crime and Justice, Mangai Natarajan, ed. 321 (Cambridge University Press, 2011)听

Opinion and Editorial听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 self-defence laws are too sweeping, and the Supreme Court just gave them a pass,鈥濃

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淭o deter war in the Gulf and elsewhere, hold leaders personally accountable for aggression,鈥濃.听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淲hat does the Trump administration want from Iran?鈥濃.听

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 rhetoric about strengthening the international order is at total odds with its actions at the鈥疷N,鈥濃

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淲ho Started the Fight?鈥濃

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淵ou鈥檙e Under Arrest, Mr. President,鈥濃

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淎 Dilemma in Northern Uganda; When Peace and Justice Clash,鈥濃

  • Noah Weisbord, 鈥淭raditional Justice for a Genocide: Trials in Rwanda,鈥濃

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