Mortimer Sellers | |
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Regents Professor, University System of Maryland – Elkins Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1959 Philadelphia |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Frances Stead Sellers |
Alma mater | Harvard College (A.B.) Harvard Law School (J.D.) Oxford University (B.C.L.) Oxford University (D.Phil.) |
Occupation | Professor of Law Author Philosopher Historian Lawyer |
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Mortimer Newlin Stead Sellers (M.N.S. Sellers) (born 1959) is Regents Professor of the University System of Maryland, Elkins Professor of the University System of Maryland, Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, and past President of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR).[1][2] His work primarily concerns the philosophy of law, legal theory, and global justice with an emphasis on international law, constitutional law, comparative law and legal history. He has been a Regents Professor of the University System of Maryland since 2003,[3] the highest honor in the UM System.[4] Sellers is best known for his books on republican legal and political philosophy, global justice, international law, and universal human rights. He has been Director of the University of Baltimore Center for International and Comparative Law since 1994.[5]