Professor James Nickel was in Oslo, Norway this month serving as a Senior Research Associate in a project on international courts at the University of Oslo Law School. During his time there he made a presentation on emergencies and human rights to the research team, commented on a chapter on conflicts of rights at a workshop on Semantha Besson's new book on human rights, and taught three sessions of a Ph.D. course on the philosophy of human rights to graduate students from many countries in Europe. Professor Nickel holds a joint appointment in the Philosophy Department and the Law School. He teaches and writes in human rights law and theory, political philosophy, philosophy of law, and constitutional law.
Top
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33124
305-284-2211