Fernando Tesón is an Argentine-American

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who is known for his contributions to the

philosophy of law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

(especially, the law of

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) and to neoclassical liberal theory. He is the Tobias Simon Eminent Scholar at

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. His publications include ''Humanitarian Intervention: An Inquiry into Law and Morality'' (3rd ed fully revised and updated, Transnational Publishers 2005); ''Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation'' (Cambridge University Press 2006) ith Guido Pincione ''A Philosophy of International Law'' (

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1998); and many articles in law, philosophy, and international relations journals and collections of essays. Before entering academia, Professor Tesón was a career diplomat for the Argentina Foreign Ministry in

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for four years. He serves as permanent visiting professor, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tesón is also the founder, director, arranger, and

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player, of ''Tango Sur'', an

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band. Since 2012 he has been a member of the Honorary Council of the Argentine Liberal Libertarian Party.

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