The Fletcher School

A Graduate School of International Affairs

Louis Aucoin

Louis Aucoin

Louis Aucoin

louis.aucoin@tufts.edu

Phone: (617) 627-2009

Fax: (617) 627-3712

Office: Goddard 315

Address:
The Fletcher School
Tufts University
160 Packard Ave
Medford, MA 02155

Institute for Human Security Associate Research Professor

Education

BA, College of the Holy Cross
JD, Boston College Law School

Professional Activities

Program Officer in the Rule of Law Program, United States Institute of Peace (2000-2003); Supreme Court Fellow, United States Supreme Court Judicial Fellows Program (2001-2002); Consultant, Justice in Times of Transition Project (March 2002-present); Has taught at Boston University School of Law (1984-2000); ESSEC (Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales); Université de Poitiers, and Ecole des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Paris; Co-founder, The Mekong Delta Regional Law Center; Member, The Association of American Law Schools, Section on International and Comparative Law and The American Society of International Law.

Programs & Centers

Courses

Fall 2009

Research Interests

Rule of Law, Constitution-Making, Tribal Law, Peacekeeping, East Timor, Cambodia, and Rwanda.

Selected Publications

Books

  • The Role of Informal Justice Systems in Fostering the Rule of Law in Post Conflict Countries (forthcoming 2005);
  • Constitution-Making, Peace-Building, and National Reconcilliation (2004);
  • The French Constitution. (An annotated guide of the French Constitution of 1958) (2003);

Articles and chapters in books include:

  • "Judicial Independence in France," A Guide to Judicial Independence, Technical Publications Series USAID (November 2001);
  • "The Status of Judicial Independence in Haiti," USAID/Haiti (April 2000);
  • "Haiti's Constitutional Crisis," Boston University International Law Journal (Summer 1999);
  • "Judicial Review in France," Boston College International and Comparative Law Review (Spring 1992);
  • "Les Déclarations des Colonies Américaines, Leur Influence Sur La Déclaration des Droits de 1789 et sur le Bill of Rights de 1791," La Déclaration Des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen de 1789: Ses Origines, Sa Pérenité. (1990).