• Date: December 11th, Friday, 2020 14:00 – 16:00
• Online via Zoom [in English]

In this talk, Professor Sonnenberg will discuss an ongoing research project focused on how to think about Rule of Law Development Programming in societies with pluralistic legal systems. Since 2016, Prof. Sonnenberg has been involved in a large-scale research project to understand the nature of justice in Bhutan, a small landlocked country in the Himalayan mountain range. His findings suggest a new approach for international rule of law development collaborations: one that balances the tension between relativism and universalism. Prof. Sonnenberg intends to present his findings to colleagues at SNU, from a variety of disciplines, as a way of soliciting feedback from a broad range of disciplines.

Stephan Peter Sonnenberg
Seoul National University School of Law, Seoul, South Korea 2020 – present
Associate Professor
Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law, Thimphu, Bhutan 2015 – 2020
Associate Dean of Experiential Education & Clinics; Associate Professor
University of Vienna, Juridicum (Law School), Vienna, Austria 2016
Visiting Lecturer
Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, CA 2011 – 2015
Clinical Supervising Attorney & Lecturer