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John B. Quigley (born 1940) is a professor of law at the
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at the
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, where he is the Presidents' Club Professor of Law. In 1995 he was recipient of the Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. Born John Bernard Quigley Jr., he was raised in
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and educated at the
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. He graduated from Harvard in the class of 1962, later taking an LL.B degree from Harvard Law School in 1966 and an M.A., also awarded in 1966. He was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 1967. Before joining the Ohio State faculty in 1969, he was a research scholar at
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, and a research associate in comparative law at Harvard Law School. Professor Quigley teaches
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and
comparative law Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law (legal systems) of different countries. More specifically, it involves the study of the different legal "systems" (or "families") in existence in the world, including the ...
. Professor Quigley holds an adjunct appointment in the Political Science Department.Biography on Ohio State Law website, In 1982–83 he was a visiting professor at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. John Quigley is active in international human rights work. He has published many articles and books on
human rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...
, the
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, war and peace, east European law, African law, and the
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. He is fluent in Russian and French and highly proficient in Spanish and Swahili.


Bibliography

* ''Basic Laws on the Structure of the Soviet State'' (with H. J. Berman), Harvard University Press, 1969 * ''The Merchant Shipping Code of the USSR'' (1968) (with W. E. Butler), Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970 * ''The Soviet Foreign Trade Monopoly: Institutions and Laws'', Ohio State University Press, 1974 * ''Law After Revolution: Essays on Socialist Law in Honor of Harold J. Berman'' (edited) (with William E. Butler and Peter B. Maggs), Oceana Publications, 1988 * ''Palestine and Israel: A Challenge to Justice'', Duke University Press, 1990 * ''The Ruses for War: American Interventionism Since World War II'', Prometheus Books, 1992 * ''Flight into the Maelstrom: Immigration to Israel and Middle East Peace'', Ithaca Press, 1997 * ''Genocide in Cambodia: Documents from the Trial of Pol Pot and
Ieng Sary Ieng Sary ( km, អៀង សារី; 24 October 1925 – 14 March 2013) was a Cambodian politician who was the co-founder and senior member of the Khmer Rouge. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea le ...
'' (edited, with Howard J. DeNike and Kenneth J. Robinson), University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000 * ''The Case for Palestine: An International Law Perspective'', Duke University Press, 2005 * ''The Genocide Convention: An International Law Analysis'', Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2006 * ''The Statehood of Palestine'', Cambridge University Press, 2011 * ''The Six-Day War and Israeli Self-Defense: Questioning the Legal Basis for Preventive War'', Cambridge University Press, 2013 * ''The International Diplomacy of Israel's Founders'', Cambridge University Press, 2016 Faculty digests: * To Combat Terrorism, U.S. Must Re-Examine Foreign Policy, "Identifying the Origins of Anti-American Terrorism," ''
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'', 2006 (56 Fla. L. Rev. 1003) * Courts Should Recognize Treaty-Based Rights, "Toward More Effective Judicial Implementation of Treaty-Based Rights," ''Fordham International Law Journal'', 2006 (29 Fordham Int'l L.J. 552) * Palestinian Crisis Best Understood Under International Law "International Law and the Palestinian Refugees," ''Hastings International and Comparative Law Review'', 2005


See also

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List of Russian legal historians Russian legal historians, scholars who study Russian law in historical perspective, include: * Harold J. Berman (1918–2007), Harvard law professor and expert on Russian law * William E. Butler (1939–), distinguished professor of law at Dickins ...
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Russian legal history Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries * Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and pe ...


References

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