McLean Lecture in International Law

Maclean W. McLean

(1906-1990)

The McLean Lecture on World Law honors the memory and contributions of M.W. McLean, a founder, executive director, and executive vice president of the Pittsburgh World Federalist Association chapter, now Global Solutions Education Fund- Pittsburgh. Known as "Mac" by all he greeted, he enjoyed the trust and confidence of prominent community leaders and other Pittsburgh friends, all of whom he invited to share his passion for a world united in peace through governance under universally recognized principles of law.

Global Solutions Education Fund- Pittsburgh

Founded as the World Federalist Association of Pittsburgh, Global Solutions Education Fund - Pittsburgh is the local chapter of Citizens for Global Solutions, a national and global citizens' movement working to ensure the worldwide rule of law, peace, economic progress and the protection of the environment and human rights throuhg global structures such as a strengthened United Nations. The Pittsburgh Chpater is one of the oldest and largest chapters in the United States, uniting a cross-section of members from the professions, business, labor, church and civic organizations. Visit http://www.globalsolutionspgh.org for more information.

McLEAN LECTURERS:

1992
Richard Falk
Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice
Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
"The United Nations and a Just World Order"

1993
Steven M. Schwebel
President Judge, International Court of Justice
"Performance and Prospects of the World Court"

1994
Robert B. Rosenstock
Legal Adviser, Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations
"Current World Crises and the Rule of Law in the U.N. System"

1995
Larry D. Johnson
Principal Legal Officer, Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations
"Reforming, Restructuring and Revitalizing the United Nations System After
Fifty Years"

1996
Benjamin B. Ferencz
Henry T. King, Jr.
Members of the prosecution team at the Nuremberg Trials
"Fifty Years Later: Reflections on Nuremberg"

1997
Harold S. Burman
Senior Attorney, Office of Private International Law, Office of the Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State
John O. Honnold
William A. Schnader Professor of Commercial Law Emeritus
University of Pennsylvania School of Law
" International Law at Work: The Expanding Realm of Private International Law"

1998
Gavan Griffith
Former Solicitor-General of Australia
"A Consumer's Guide to the International Court of Justice"

1999
Edith Brown Weiss
Francis Cabell Brown Professor of International Law
Georgetown University Law Center
"International Environmental Law in the Age of Globalization"

2000
Fidelma O'Kelly Macken
Judge, European Court of Justice (first woman Judge on the Court)
"Towards a Possible Federal System of Law: The Impact of thee Jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice"

2001
Fausto Pocar
Judge, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
"Reflections on International Criminal Jurisdiction"

2002
Kurt Riechenberg
Chief of Staff to the President Judge of the European Court of Justice
"The Judicial Branch in the European Union: A Model for International Legal Relations?"

2003
Charlotte Ku
Executive Vice President and Executive Director - American Society of International Law
"International Law and the Use of Force: Assessing the Elements of Global Governance"

2004
Governor Richard Thornburgh
Former Governmor of Pennsylvania
"The Global Effort to Contain Official Corruption"

2005
Professor Sean D. Murphy
George Washington University School of Law
"Taking Multinational Corporate Codes of Conduct to the Next Level"

2006
Professor Irwin Cotler
Member of the Canadian Parliament
and former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
"Hate, Genocide, and Human Rights"

2008
Professor Charles Swift
Former Lieutenant Commander in the Navy JAG Corps. Lead defense attorney in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
"U.S. Sovereignty and the War on Terror after Hamdan v. Rumsfeld"

2009

Victor Mosoti, Special Legal Advisor, Cabinet of the Director-General for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

"Biofueling Our Future: Balancing Food and Fuel in a Global Economy"

2009-10

Sir David Edward, Former Judge of the European Court of Justice

"Nationalism, Constitutionalism, and the Future of the European Union"