Kenneth Anderson is a law professor at

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, a research fellow of the

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, a Non-Resident Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a

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ger. Anderson was the legal editor of ''

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'', a book about international humanitarian law (W.W. Norton, 1999). He is a member of the International Council of the New York-based

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. Anderson supports legally recognizing same-sex marriages. He graduated from

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and

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Selected publication

*with Richard Anderson. "Limitations of the Liberal-Legal Model of International Human Rights: Six Lessons from El Salvador". ''

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'' 64 (Summer 1985). New York
Telos Press

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External links

Kenneth Anderson's Law of War and Just War Theory BlogReview by Kenneth Anderson of the book “The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present and Future of the United Nations”
by Paul Kennedy. ''

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