172:(2004). Throughout his life, Professor Wiessner has pushed the envelope in favor of social justice, protection of the poor and marginalized. In Germany, as a young lawyer in 1980, he safeguarded the due process rights of asylum seekers through a novel interpretation of the country's constitution which was, in essence, adopted by the country's Federal Constitutional Court. Coming to Yale Law School in 1982, he was immersed in that institution's distinctive problem-oriented approach to law, saw it as a liberation from the straitjacket of positivism, and redefined the role of the lawyer as leader and problem solver in society, a "doctor of the social order." By taking into account conflicting claims, past trends in decision and evaluating past decisions in light of a public order of human dignity, he suggests developing decisions best suited to maximize access by all to all things humans value. He applied this "New Haven Approach" to issues of mass atrocities as well as conflicts over the allocation of resources.
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International Law Association's Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples he led 30 experts from around the globe to a thorough review of this
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requiring publication of students' theses has made St. Thomas known and respected globally and locally. Many graduates of the program are now working in the field and transporting values of human dignity. In the 303 students graduating from the LL.M. program so far, it sent out "warriors for
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His main contribution to an order of human dignity worldwide has been, as of yet, his research on, and subsequent development of, the law regarding the rights and status of indigenous peoples. He first made the argument, laid out in the
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Indigenous Peoples, August 30, 2012, 75th ILA Biennial Meeting, Sofia, Bulgaria, to be read in conjunction with the Committee's 2010 Interim Report and its 2012 Final Report. See,
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