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Oona A. Hathaway

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Oona A. Hathaway, born in 1972, is an American legal scholar and the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, where she also directs the Center for Global Legal Challenges and holds appointments in the Department of Political Science and the Jackson School of Global Affairs. Her scholarship examines the intersection of domestic and international legal systems, with a focus on the law of armed conflict, treaty law and executive authority in matters of war powers. She co-authored the 2017 book The Internationalists, How a Radical Plan to Outlaw War Remade the World, with Scott J. Shapiro, and in 2025 she was named president-elect of the American Society of International Law and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Role
Legal scholar specialized in international law and U.S 1
Nationality / Jurisdiction
American 1
Born
1972 2
Birthplace
Portland 2
Classification
Field of Law
International Law 1
Gender
Female 1
Role
Role (category)
Legal Scholar 1
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1. Oona A. Hathaway (Wikipedia)
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  • Introduction, gender
    She is also a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
  • Introduction, nationality
    Oona A.
  • Introduction, role
    Oona Anne Hathaway is an American legal scholar specialized in international law and U.
  • Introduction, field of law
    Oona Anne Hathaway is an American legal scholar specialized in international law and U.S. foreign relations law.
  • In Legal System: Law of the United States, Wikipedia lead sentence
    is an American legal scholar specialized in internatio
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2. Wikidata: Oona A. Hathaway
  • Wikidata Q19873979, P569 date of birth claim (year)
    P569 (date of birth): 1972
  • Wikidata Q19873979, P19 place of birth claim
    P19 (place of birth): Portland
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