Death penalty, comparative constitutional law, Sub-Saharan Africa, international criminal law
Andrew Novak is a specialist in international and comparative law and teaches courses related to international criminal justice and human rights. He was previously an adjunct professor of law at American University Washington College of Law, where he taught African Law. A lawyer by training, most of his research has been on the death penalty and comparative constitutional law, especially in common law Africa. Currently, his research focuses on comparative executive clemency and litigation against anti-sodomy laws. He has also written on sport history, international criminal law, LGBT rights, and African politics. He is licensed to practice law in New York and the District of Columbia, and served as a law clerk to the Chief Administrative Law Judge in the United States Department of Labor.
Transnational Human Rights Litigation: Challenging the Death Penalty and Criminalization of Homosexuality in the Commonwealth (Springer: 2019).
The African Challenge to Global Death Penalty Abolition: International Human Rights Norms in Local Perspective (Intersentia: 2016).
Comparative Executive Clemency: The Constitutional Pardon Power and the Prerogative of Mercy in Global Perspective (Routledge: 2015).
The International Criminal Court: An Introduction (Springer: 2015).
The Global Decline of the Mandatory Death Penalty: Constitutional Jurisprudence and Legislative Reform in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean (Ashgate Law: 2014).
The Death Penalty in Africa: Foundations and Future Prospects (Palgrave Macmillan: 2014).
Law and Justice Around the World
Human Rights and Justice
Social Inequality, Crime, and Justice
Capital Punishment (Special Topics)
Honors Seminar
Values, Ethics, and Criminal Justice Policy
Study Abroad
Ph.D., Middlesex University London School of Law
J.D., Boston University School of Law
M.Sc. (African Politics), London School of Oriental and African Studies
B.A., International Affairs, George Washington University