Jens Mierhenrich: "Lawfare in International Law: A Conceptual Analysis"

Dr. Jens Meierhenrich is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and is currently serving as a Visiting Professional in the Immediate Office of the Prosecutor. A Rhodes Scholar, he recently served in Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and has undertaken field research in Argentina, Bosnia, Cambodia, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Rwanda and South Africa. He has authored several articles and books, including Lawfare: The Formation and Deformation of Gacaca Jurisdictions in Rwanda, 1994-2010 and The Legacies of Law: Long-Run Consequences of Legal Development in South Africa, 1652-2000, which won the American Political Science Association’s 2009 Award for the “best book published in the United States during the previous year in politics, government, or international affairs”. His recent publications include The Rationality of Genocide, The Structure of Genocide, and The Culture of Genocide (all forthcoming from Princeton University Press) as well as Genocide: A Very Short Introduction and Genocide: A Reader (both forthcoming from Oxford University Press).