Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Institute for Global Law and Policy
Lloyd Cutler Distinguished Visitor - Class of Spring 2022
David Kennedy is the Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches international law, international economic policy, legal theory, law and development, and European law. His research utilizes interdisciplinary materials from sociology, social theory, economics, and history to explore issues of global governance, development policy, and the nature of professional expertise.
As a practicing lawyer and consultant, Kennedy has worked on numerous international projects, both commercial and public. He is member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Asian Peace and Reconciliation Commission, and a former chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Advisory Council on Global Governance. Kennedy has also taught as a visiting professor at universities around the world, and in 2008-2009 served as vice president and University Professor of Law at Brown University.
06
Apr
22
Lloyd Cutler Lecture
Law, Order, and Inequality in Global Political Economy
In this lecture, David Kennedy investigates the current global role of law.
06
Apr
22
Law, Order, and Inequality in Global Political Economy
How should we understand the role of law in global political and economic life? A century of intellectual and professional innovation facilitated a dramatic extension of legal arguments, norms, and institutional arrangements across the world. But that doesn’t mean we have a good picture of law’s ...