October 23, 2020. Professor Jootaek Lee gives virtual presentation of his paper, Paradox of Hierarchy and Conflicts of Values: International Law, Human Rights, and Global Governance. The paper examines how in an international society, hierarchies are set up differently among different countries based on different values, which naturally conflict with each other and result in unstable conditions. The article offers theoretical clarification of the hierarchical issues in international law, particularly in the human rights field. Presentation available here.
Lee, Jootaek, Paradox of Hierarchy and Conflicts of Values: International Law, Human Rights, and Global Governance (December 4, 2019). Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 75-94. Paper available here.