Judge Dennis Davis
The Origins of International and Human Rights Law and its Relevance Today
Summary
Judge Dennis Davis explores what happened after the Nuremberg Trials and discusses some lesser-known but important trials which took place in Tokyo at the end of World War II. Ultimately, he discusses how these trials lead to the broader creation of international law.
Judge Dennis Davis
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.