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Lecture

Judge Dennis Davis
The Birth and Development of International Law

Wednesday 26.11.2025

How to watch

This lecture starts on 26 November at 7:00pm (UK).

Summary

This is the first of two related sessions. It will canvass the development of international human rights law since World War II and consider the implications of the Nuremberg trials. The second session explores the current legal position of international crimes.

Judge Dennis Davis

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Dennis Davis is a judge of the High Court of South Africa and judge president of the Competition Appeals Court of South Africa. He has held professorial appointments at the University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand, as well as numerous visiting appointments at Cambridge, Harvard, New York University, and others. He has authored eleven books, including Lawfare: Judging Politics in South Africa.