The Law and Politics of International Human Rights Courts The Dilemma of Effectiveness

Alec Stone Sweet, Sir Y. K. Pao Chair, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong,Wayne Sandholtz, John A. McCone Chair in International Relations, University of Southern California

Alec Stone Sweet is Sir Y. K. Pao Chair at the University of Hong Kong, and has previously held chaired professorships at the National University of Singapore, Yale University, and Nuffield College, Oxford. He works in the fields of comparative and international law, and comparative and international politics, with a focus on dispute resolution, law, and courts.


Wayne Sandholtz holds the John A. McCone Chair and is Professor of International Relations and Law at the University of Southern California. His research addresses human rights treaties and courts, international norms, authoritarianism, and the rule of law.