Jeremy I Levitt

Jeremy I. Levitt is Dean and Vice Chancellor's Chair at the University of New Brunswick Law School in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He recently served as the Distinguished Professor of International Law at Florida A&M University. Professor Levitt is a leading scholar on the international law of the use of force, human rights law, peace studies, and the international law and politics of Africa. In 2012-13, he was the Fulbright Research Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice at the...See more

Jeremy I. Levitt is Dean and Vice Chancellor's Chair at the University of New Brunswick Law School in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He recently served as the Distinguished Professor of International Law at Florida A&M University. Professor Levitt is a leading scholar on the international law of the use of force, human rights law, peace studies, and the international law and politics of Africa. In 2012-13, he was the Fulbright Research Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice at the University of Ottawa. He has authored two books, edited four, and written more than thirty academic articles. He recently completed a groundbreaking study titled Illegal Peace Africa: An Inquiry into the Legality of Power Sharing with Warlords, Rebels, and Junta (2012). See less