Law, Expertise and Global Political Economy

Law, Expertise and Global Political Economy

Professor David Kennedy’s 2018 Montesquieu Lecture considers the role of expert legal knowledge in our political and economic life. As politicians, citizens, and experts engage one another on a technocratic terrain of irresolvable argument and uncertain knowledge, a world of astonishing inequality a...

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Main Author: David Kennedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2018-12-01
Series:Tilburg Law Review
Subjects:
Global Political Economy
Expertise
International Law
Online Access:https://tilburglawreview.com/articles/130
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spelling doaj-22063dd3db5b4e19aac9a8474ed8f7c22020-11-25T00:18:42ZengUbiquity PressTilburg Law Review2211-25452018-12-012310912010.5334/tilr.130129Law, Expertise and Global Political EconomyDavid Kennedy0Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law Director, Institute for Global Law and Politics, Harvard Law School, US; Montesquieu Lecture, 8 March 2018, Tilburg UniversityProfessor David Kennedy’s 2018 Montesquieu Lecture considers the role of expert legal knowledge in our political and economic life. As politicians, citizens, and experts engage one another on a technocratic terrain of irresolvable argument and uncertain knowledge, a world of astonishing inequality and injustice is born. Kennedy draws on his experience working with international lawyers, human rights advocates, policy professionals, economic development specialists, military lawyers, and humanitarian strategists to describe the conflicts, unexamined assumptions, and assertions of power and entitlement that lie at the center of expert rule. He explores how we can harness expert knowledge to remake an unjust world.https://tilburglawreview.com/articles/130Global Political EconomyExpertiseInternational Law
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description Professor David Kennedy’s 2018 Montesquieu Lecture considers the role of expert legal knowledge in our political and economic life. As politicians, citizens, and experts engage one another on a technocratic terrain of irresolvable argument and uncertain knowledge, a world of astonishing inequality and injustice is born. Kennedy draws on his experience working with international lawyers, human rights advocates, policy professionals, economic development specialists, military lawyers, and humanitarian strategists to describe the conflicts, unexamined assumptions, and assertions of power and entitlement that lie at the center of expert rule. He explores how we can harness expert knowledge to remake an unjust world.
topic Global Political Economy
Expertise
International Law
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