The LaFeber-Silbey Lecture in History

A World Without Law? Lessons from History and Literature, from Nuremberg to Pinochet and Beyond

Reception to Follow - A.D. White House
 

Philippe Sands

Biography

Philippe Sands KC is Professor of Law at University College London and Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard. He is a practising barrister at 11KBW, appears as counsel before the International Court of Justice and other international courts and tribunals, and sits as an international arbitrator. His books include East West Street: On the Origins of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide (2016), The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive (2020) and The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy (2022). His latest book, 38 Londres Street: On Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia, was published in April 2025. He is translated into more than 30 languages.

January 2026

*co-sponsored by Department of History and Department of Literatures in English/Creative Writing Program*

LaFeber-Silbey Lecture considers “A World Without Law?”