Dag Hammarskjöld Professor of Peace and World Order Studies
Emeritus and Codirector, Global Legal Studies. (International Law
and a Just World Order; Law and Humanities.) Professor Mendlovitz
earned his B.A. from Syracuse University, and his M.A. and J.D. from
the University of Chicago. He joined the Rutgers faculty in 1956.
Professor Mendlovitz is the founding director of the World Order Models
Project and a founding member of Global Action to Prevent War. Global
Action is a transnational coalition of individuals, civil society
organizations, and states promoting a comprehensive political and legal
program that aims over the next three to four decades to drastically
reduce armed violence: war, internal armed conflict, and genocide. He
holds membership on various boards, including the Arms Control
Association, Global Education Associates, the Law and Humanities
Institute, and the America-Israel Council for Israeli Palestinian
Peace.
Professor Mendlovitz has written and spoken extensively
on issues relating to international law and to the promotion of a just
world order. He has published and edited 10 volumes on these matters,
many in collaboration with Professor Richard Falk, Princeton
University. Recent articles include "Defensive Security" in War or Health,
with M. Datan (Zed Books); "Basic U.S. Commitment to Defend South
Vietnam War Was Unlawful under Both International and Constitutional
Law," in The Real Lessons of the Vietnam War (Carolina Academic
Press); and "A UN Constabulary to Enforce the Law on Genocide and
Crimes Against Humanity," with J. Fousek, reprinted in The International Legal System in Quest of Equity and Universality (Cluwer Law International).
