Mikael Rask Madsen’s research is focused on globalization and the role of legal institutions and professionals in these processes. His current research concerns the special interaction between law and global integration, the role and power of lawyers in globalization, the increased importance of supranational legal institutions and more generally, the international transformation of law and authority towards networked expertise.Ìý
The George and Irina Schaeffer CenterÌýfor the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict PreventionÌýhas asked Mikael Madsen, as the director of the innovative Danish research centerÌýiCourtsÌý(Centre of Excellence for International Courts,ÌýUniversity of Copenhagen)Ìýand well-known specialist on international justice, to address the impact of international tribunals on the ‘reassembling’ of international society.ÌýÌý
Prof. Madsen isÌýthe author or co-author of numerous publications, including most recently two chapters in theÌýDictionnaireÌýde la JusticeÌýpénaleÌýinternationaleÌý(2017); and a chapter on ‘The European Court of Human Rights and the Politics of International Law’ in theÌýHandbook on the Politics of International LawÌý(2017), as well as a chapter on ‘Global Actors: Networks, Elites, Institutions’ in theÌýOxford Research Encyclopedia of PoliticsÌý(2016).ÌýÌý
Convener and moderator:ÌýPr.ÌýSusan Perry (Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ)Ìý Discussant: Dr. PhilippÌýAmbach,ÌýLegal Advisor,ÌýInternational Criminal CourtÌý
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