Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law is housed in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
United Kingdom
Scholarly Publications
The Last English Civil War
January 2018
This essay examines why England experienced a civil war every fifty years from the Norman Conquest up until the Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689, and was completely stable after that point.
The Slave Trade and the Origins of International Human Rights Law
December 2011
From Oxford University Press: There is a broad consensus among scholars that the idea of human rights was a product of the Enlightenment but that a self-conscious and broad-based human rights...
Other Publications
Change the Focus on Iraq
September 2002
PALO ALTO, CALIF.A year ago, a group of terrorists from Saudi Arabia and Egypt attacked the United States using box cutters as their weapons and citing extremist versions of Islamic fundamentalism...
News
The Dangers of Disruption
December 2016
"In Silicon Valley, where I live, the word “disruption” has an overwhelmingly positive valence: Thousands of smart, young people arrive here every year hoping to disrupt established ways of doing...
Ben Abdallah leaves Stanford for the UK
June 2014
Prince Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah, a consulting professor at CDDRL is leaving Stanford at the end of this academic year to pursue research in Islamic studies in the United Kingdom.
Historic summit to convene leaders of the new Middle East at Stanford
April 2012
The American Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue at Stanford will host its inaugural conference April 10 to 14, convening exceptional young leaders together to share their ideas, seed potential...
Events
Arabic Conversation Session with Zahera Harb
May 19, 2014
*Open only to Stanford students.* Speaker Bio: Zahera Harb is one of the six 2013-2014 FSI-Humanities Center International Visitors and will be in residence at Stanford in May 2014.
Imagining Global Health with Justice
February 13, 2014
AbstractThe scope and complexity of global health can be overwhelming, making it difficult to form an inspiring and unified vision for the future.
Redistribution and Group Participation: Comparative Experimental Evidence from Africa and the UK
January 30, 2014
Abstract: We design an original laboratory experiment to investigate whether redistributive actions hinder the formation of Pareto-improving groups.
Multimedia
Liz Moreton, Battersea Arts Centre; Suzie Henderson, Creative Development
June 2015
To view more media from the conference, please visit: http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/multimedia/povgov-conference-2015 ----Speaker Bio: Liz Moreton is a Senior Producer for London’s Battersea Arts Centre, the UK’s most influential theatre (The...
Paul Heritage, Queen Mary University of London
June 2015
To view more media from the conference, please visit: http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/multimedia/povgov-conference-2015 --------Speaker Bio: Paul Heritage is a Professor of Drama and Performance at Queen Mary University of London, International...
People
Karl Eikenberry Professor of the Practice Fellow, S-APARC, Core faculty, CISAC, Affiliate, CDDRL, Affiliate, TEC 