Law Faculty in the News - Archives for Mark A. Drumbl
5/8/2012 - W&L Law Prof Mark Drumbl on Conviction of Charles TaylorWashington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl has an op/ed in today's (May 8) Richmond Times-Dispatch on the conviction of Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia. Drumbl argues that the conviction should not distract from the ongoing efforts that are required to deliver justice to the people of Sierra Leone.
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4/17/2012 - W&L Law Prof. Mark Drumbl on ECHR Terrorism Verdict
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl comments on reactions to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgment that five Islamic extremists can be extradited to the US to stand trial on terrorism charges.
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3/29/2012 - W&L Law Prof's OUP Blog Post on Kony 2012 Cited at Daily Beast
A blog post about Kony 2012 and child soldiers on the Oxford University Press website by Washington and Lee Law professor Mark Drumbl was cited by Andrew Sullivan at The Daily Beast.
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3/15/2012 - W&L's Mark Drumbl on Kony 2012 and Child Soldiers
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl has appeared in several media outlets on the Kony 2012 media campaign and how the effort oversimplifies the problem of child soldiers.
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3/10/2012 - Kony Campaign Creates Blizzard of Commentary and Concerns
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl comments on the Kony 2012 media campaign and how the effort oversimplifies the problem of child soldiers.
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12/27/2011 - W&L Law Prof Mark Drumbl on Cross Border Justice
In a story on the Center for Justice and Accountability, Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl discusses the use of the Alien Tort Statute, which allows the US federal courts to hear lawsuits filed by foreign nationals for torts committed in violation of international law.
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11/11/2011 - W&L's Mark Drumbl Discusses Child Soldiers on WMRA
Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Law Professor and director of the Transnational Institute at the Washington and Lee School of Law, discussed child soldiers on Thursday, Nov. 10, on WMRA's "Virginia Insight" program.
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10/18/2010 - Law Professor Discusses Child Soldiers and Punishment
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl discusses in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation the case of Omar Khadr and whether child soldiers should be held accountable for war crimes.
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2/9/2010 - Apartheid Case Tests Reach of US Courts
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl is quoted in a Voice of America article examining the accountability of multinational corporations when foreign investment in a country leads to human rights abuses.
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1/8/2010 - The Environmental Consequences of War
Prof. Mark Drumbl is quoted in the January/February issue of Washington Monthly in an article examining why militaries almost never clean up the messes they leave behind.
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5/21/2009 - W&L Law Professors Lay Out Legal Plan for Gitmo Detainees
In the wake of dueling speeches from President Obama and former Vice-President Dick Cheney on the future of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and U.S. interrogation practices, Washington and Lee Law Professor Mark Drumbl discusses a set of legal due process principles in the area of detainee treatment.
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1/9/2009 - What Can Taylor Case Tell Us About Our Moral Compass?
Washington and Lee Law Professor Mark Drumbl explores what the torture conviction of Charles Taylor Jr., who received 97 years for his crimes, teaches us about the importance of international law.
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7/29/2008 - Professor Mark Drumbl to be a Guest Today on Talk of the Nation
Mark A. Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Law Professor, and Director of the Transnational Law Institute, appeared Tuesday July 29, on NPR's national talk show Talk of the Nation to discuss war crimes tribunals.
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1/17/2008 - Mark Drumbl Discusses Possibility of Indonesian War Crimes Trials
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl comments in an Associated Press story discussing the possibility of Indonesia's former dictator Suharto standing trial for war crimes.
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12/3/2007 - Prof. Mark Drumbl Discusses Blackwater Lawsuit in Trial Magazine
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl discusses the lawsuit brought against private security firm Blackwater USA on behalf of the families of the Iraqi civilians killed in September 2007.
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11/28/2007 - Prof. Mark Drumbl's Book Award Announced in National Jurist
National Jurist magazine announced that Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl received the Book of the Year prize from the International Association of Criminal Law for his book Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law.
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11/9/2007 - Mark Drumbl Book Discussion Covered in Virginia Law Weekly
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl discussed his book Atrocity, Punishment and International Law during a recent visit to UVA Law School.
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10/17/2007 - Mark Drumbl discusses the punishment of child-soldier recruiters in an Op Ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law and Director of the Transnational Law Institute, discusses the punishment of child-soldier recruiters in Sierra Leone.
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6/19/2007 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses His New Book on WINA
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl discusses his new book Atrocity, Punishment and International Law on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now.
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5/11/2007 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses His New Book on WMRA
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl, author of Atrocity, Punishment and International Law, has spent more than fifteen years studying atrocity and genocide. He has worked both on defense and prosecution sides in international tribunals. Now he explains why he thinks current approaches to international law are not working.
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3/7/2007 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses International Court Judgment in the Croatian National News
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl interviewed by the Croatian national news regarding the judgment of the International Court of Justice in Bosnia v. Serbia, in which the Court found Serbia responsible for failing to prevent genocide in Bosnia in 1995. Croatia has an interest in this case insofar as its government also has filed a claim with the Court regarding alleged genocide committed by Serbia in Croatia during the Balkans Wars.
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11/28/2006 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses Hussein Trial on Charlottesville-Right Now
Mark Drumbl is the director of the Transnational Law Institute at Washington and Lee University, and a guest on the November 28th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. He and Coy Barefoot discuss the many trials Saddam Hussein will need to go through before actually being put to death, as well as how his trial has not helped the country unify. “The trial just isn’t that important for a lot of Iraqis and it certainly isn’t succeeding in curbing sectarian violence.” But Drumbl says that doesn’t mean Saddam Hussein should not continue to be prosecuted.
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10/1/2006 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses the Nuremberg Trials in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl's commentary on the 60th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trial verdicts was featured in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Drumbl says that Nuremberg began 60 years of international genocide prosecutions -- but that the prosecutions have not achieved Nuremberg's most important goal, to keep similar events from happening.
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9/28/2006 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses the Nuremberg Trials on NPR's All Things Considered
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl's commentary on the 60th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trial verdicts was featured on the NPR's All Things Considered. Drumbl says that Nuremberg began 60 years of international genocide prosecutions -- but that the prosecutions have not achieved Nuremberg's most important goal, to keep similar events from happening.
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8/29/2006 - Professor Mark Drumbl's Opinion Featured in Wall Street Journal
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl's letter to the editor concerning omissions in an editorial was published on August 29th in the Wall Street Journal.
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8/3/2006 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses Middle East Crisis on Popular Boston Radio Show
W&L School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl was the featured guest recently on "Stu Taylor on Business," a popular morning radio program on WBIX, Boston. Professor Drumbl spoke on the Middle East crisis.
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5/3/2006 - Mark Drumbl on Charlottesville—Right Now, a news radio show on 1070 am WINA in Charlottesville
Mark Drumbl on Charlottesville—Right Now, a news radio show on 1070 am WINA in Charlottesville
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4/18/2006 - Mark Drumbl's April 10 Interview on WMRA's Insight (NPR)
Mark Drumbl's April 10 Interview on WMRA's Insight (NPR)
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