Kennedy Lecture: Harold Hongju Koh

In spring, Yale’s Sterling Professor of International Law, Harold Hongju Koh discussed his two most recent books.

In spring, Yale’s Sterling Professor of International Law, Harold Hongju Koh discussed his two most recent books: The National Security Constitution in the 21st Century (Yale 2024) and The Trump Administration and International Law (Oxford 2019).

Koh has served four presidents over the last five decades and was a top lawyer in the U.S. State Department for both the Obama and Biden administrations. Koh also holds 18 honorary degrees and awards from the ABA, Columbia and Duke law schools, and his lifetime achievements in international law earned him the Robert Katzmann Award for Academic Excellence.

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