Roozbeh (Rudy) B. Baker is an academic at the University of Southern California (Department of Political Science) in the United States where he teaches courses on law and politics. Professor Baker received his legal training at the University of Illinois (J.D.) and the University of California at Berkeley (LL.M.), and his training as a Political Scientist at the University of Southern California (Ph.D.). As a Legal Scholar, Professor Baker’s areas of expertise center mainly upon international law (with a focus on the newly developing field of international criminal law); comparative constitutional and criminal law; the law of the European Union; and socio-legal studies. As a Political Scientist, his research interests focus on courts & judicial politics in a comparative context; democratic transitions; political parties; transnational actors; organizational theory; and qualitative & multi-method research design. Professor Baker’s current research project focuses upon the role of courts in new democracies, and how they aid or hinder the entrenchment of democratic norms. Bringing together literature in comparative politics, international relations, and socio-legal studies, he probes the independent effects transnational actors have had on institutional reform in Eastern Europe. Professor Baker has published articles in leading Law Reviews and Social Science Journals exploring relevant issues in international law (including international criminal law), comparative constitutional and criminal law, law & public policy, and socio-legal studies. He has held previous academic appointments at Pepperdine University (School of Law) in the United States, and the University of East Sarajevo (Faculty of Law) in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Prior to entering academia, Professor Baker worked in the Senate Opposition Research Office of the Progressive-Conservative Party of Canada; and later in the Department of Justice Resident Legal Advisor's Office of the U.S. Embassy in Serbia. In addition to the English language, Professor Baker speaks Persian, Serbo-Croatian, and some French.
Published Articles
Intelektualci i politika (with Zoran S. Nikolić), Kultura polisa (2011)
Radoznalost, naša najdublja unutrašnja intelektualna potreba i interes, proizvela je ono što danas nazivamo naukom....
Novi institucionalizam i međunarodni odnosi: korak napred, Međunarodni problemi (2011)
Revolucija koju je šezdesetih godina prošlog veka doneo biheviorizam, i koja je u potpunosti prožela...
Customary International Law in the 21st Century: Old Challenges and New Debates, The European Journal of International Law (2010)
This Article will survey the new scholarship that has emerged in international law to challenge...
Balancing Competing Priorities: Affirmative Action in the United States and Canada, Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems (2009)
This Article shall present a detailed analysis of Equality Rights in the United States and...
Towards a New Transitional Justice Model: Assessing the Serbian Case, San Diego International Law Journal (2009)
Given the “third wave” of democratic development and entrenchment that has taken hold around the...