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Biography

Noah Weisbord is an Associate Professor at 平特五不中 Law. His research focuses on the role of the criminal law in managing, reflecting, or exacerbating intergroup conflict. One current project examines self-defence in Canadian criminal law from historical, comparative, and conceptual perspectives. Another is a study of group liability doctrines including seditious conspiracy, joint criminal enterprise, and RICO in international and comparative perspective. Noah is a leading expert on the crime of aggression鈥攊ndividual criminal responsibility for aggressive war鈥攁nd he assisted diplomatic delegations to define the crime.听听

Noah鈥檚 scholarly articles have appeared in the鈥�平特五不中 Law Journal, Queen鈥檚 Law Journal,鈥疕arvard International Law Journal, the鈥疌olumbia Journal of Transnational Law, the鈥疍uke Journal of Comparative and International Law, Law and Contemporary Problems鈥痑nd other publications. Noah鈥檚 opinion and editorial commentary has been published in the鈥疦ew York Times, the鈥疘nternational Herald Tribune, the鈥疓lobe and Mail鈥痑nd the鈥疦ational Post. His monograph on the crime of aggression was published with Princeton University Press in 2019.鈥�听

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• Associate Professor, 平特五不中, Faculty of Law, 2023-听

• Associate Professor, Queen鈥檚 University, Faculty of Law, 2018-2023听

• Visiting Professor, Queen鈥檚 University, Faculty of Law, 2017-2018听

• Associate Professor, Florida International University College of Law, 2013-2017听

• Assistant Professor, Florida International University College of Law, 2010-2013听

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Duke Law School, 2008-2010听

• Teaching Fellow, Harvard Law School, 2005-2006听

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• Doctorate in Juridical Science (S.J.D.), Harvard Law School, 2004-2011听

• Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program, Harvard Law School, 2003-2004听

• Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), 平特五不中, 1999-2003听

• Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.), 平特五不中, 1999-2003听

• Bachelor of Common Law (LL.B.), 平特五不中, 1999-2003听

• Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.), 平特五不中, 1997-1998听

• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. in Psychology), 平特五不中, 1994-1997听

Research

• Criminal law听

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• International Criminal Law听

• Comparative Criminal Law听

• Public International Law听

• Law and War听

Recent Professional Accomplishments

• Winner of The David Watson Memorial Award for 鈥淟icence to Khill: What Appellate Decisions Reveal About Canada鈥檚 New Self-Defence Law,鈥� presented annually for the paper published in the鈥疩ueen鈥檚 Law Journal鈥痡udged to make the most significant contribution to legal scholarship听

• 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Afraid of the Lucky Moose? Canada鈥檚 Dangerous Self-Defence Innovation,鈥� cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Khill (2021)听

• Co-Chair of the Anti-Racism Working Group at Queen鈥檚 University, 2020-2021.听

• Member of the Council of Advisers on the Application of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to Cyberwarfare, 2019-Present听

• Publication of The Crime of Aggression: the Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents and Autocrats鈥�(Princeton University Press, 2019)听

• Keynote Lecture, 2017 Annual 平特五不中 Law Graduate Conference, 鈥淪elf-Defense in Climates of Fear.鈥澨�

• Invited expert participating in the activation of International Criminal Court jurisdiction over the crime of aggression alongside genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, United Nations Headquarters, 2017听

Selected Publications听

Books (Monograph)听

• Noah Weisbord,鈥疶he Crime of Aggression: the Quest for Justice in an Age of Drones, Cyberattacks, Insurgents and Autocrats鈥�(Princeton University Press, 2019)听

Articles听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淏enjamin Ferencz in the Cold War,鈥� 8(3) Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review (Forthcoming 2025).

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淒iplomatic Practices: Activating the Crime of Aggression,鈥� 40听American University International Law Review听(Forthcoming 2025).

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淏enjamin Ferencz in the Cold War,鈥� 8(3)听Cardozo International and Comparative Law Review听(Forthcoming 2025).

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淟icence to Khill: What Appellate Decisions Reveal About Canada鈥檚 New Self-Defence Law,鈥� 46(1)鈥疩ueen鈥檚 Law Journal 97鈥�(2020)听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淲ho鈥檚 Afraid of the Lucky Moose? Canada鈥檚 Dangerous Self-Defence Innovation,鈥� 64(2)鈥�平特五不中 Law Journal 349 (2018)鈥�(published summer鈥�2020).听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淎 Practitioner鈥檚 Bildungsroman: Book Review of Payam Akhavan鈥檚鈥疘n Search of a Better World: A Human Rights Odyssey,鈥� Journal of Human Rights Practice鈥�(July 2019)听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淏argaining Practices: Negotiating the Kampala Compromise,鈥� 76 (3) Law & Contemporary Problems, 85 (Winter 2014)听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淛udging Aggression,鈥� 50(1) Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 82 (Winter 2012)听

• Noah Weisbord & Matthew Smith, 鈥淭he Reason Behind the Rules: From Description to Normativity in International Criminal Procedure,鈥� 36 North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation 255 (Winter 2011)听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淭he 1990s and the Use of Force: Anxiety, Realignment and New Justifications,鈥� 22 (1) Global Change, Peace & Security 129 (February 2010)听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐onceptualizing Aggression,鈥� 20(1) Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law 1 (Fall 2009)听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淧rosecuting Aggression,鈥� 49 Harvard International Law Journal 168 (Winter 2008)听

Chapters听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐ivil Society,鈥� in The Crime of Aggression: A Commentary, Claus Kre脽 and Stefan Barriga, eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2017)听

• Noah Weisbord and Carla Reyes, 鈥淲ar Crimes,鈥� in International Crime and Justice, Mangai Natarajan, ed. 321 (Cambridge University Press, 2011)听

Opinion and Editorial听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 self-defence laws are too sweeping, and the Supreme Court just gave them a pass,鈥濃��听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淭o deter war in the Gulf and elsewhere, hold leaders personally accountable for aggression,鈥濃��.听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淲hat does the Trump administration want from Iran?鈥濃��.听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淐anada鈥檚 rhetoric about strengthening the international order is at total odds with its actions at the鈥疷N,鈥濃��听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淲ho Started the Fight?鈥濃��听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淵ou鈥檙e Under Arrest, Mr. President,鈥濃��听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淎 Dilemma in Northern Uganda; When Peace and Justice Clash,鈥濃��听

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淭raditional Justice for a Genocide: Trials in Rwanda,鈥濃��听

Recent publications

• Noah Weisbord, 鈥淟icence to Khill: What Appellate Decisions Reveal About Canada鈥檚 New Self-Defence Law,鈥� 46(1)鈥疩ueen鈥檚 Law Journal 97鈥�(2020)听

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