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MagnifyMark F. Massoud
CDDRL Hewlett Fellow 2008-09 (former)CDDRL
Stanford University
Encina Hall, C151
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
(650) 724-2996 (fax)
Research Interests
international and comparative law; law and development
Mark Fathi Massoud's research focuses on the development of law in volatile states rife with violent conflict. An attorney of the California Bar, he received his JD and PhD in Jurisprudence and Social Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
Massoud's dissertation, which he is revising into a book manuscript at Stanford, builds on the interdisciplinary tradition of law and society to examine the role of law in development. Taking Sudan as a case, it explores how government officials, civil society activists, and the international aid community all use law to construct and maintain their influence over society.
During the fellowship year at CDDRL (2008-09), Massoud's research examined the tensions between international rule-of-law aid and local perceptions of rights in a divided society.
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